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| Record Name(s) | Shell DH 7609-78-12 - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Fintry
Latitude: 49° 57' 41.02" Longitude: -84° 37' 11.88"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 670698.11 Northing: 5537053.51 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42F15NE
Point Location Description: Collar of drillhole
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description:
1978: Shell Canada Resources - Drilling, assays. 1991-93: McKinnon Prospecting Ltd.- airborne geophysics, HLEM, IP. 2008: 1518164 Ontario Inc. - airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3179/ 2.14246 | 42K01SE0001 | 42K01SE0001 |
| T-6156 / 2.44020 | 20000005852 | 20000005852 |
| T-3179/2.15793 | 20000005111 | 20000005111 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Fault Breccia | Host |
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Mar 25, 2014 (D Draper) - Drillhole 78-12 bearing grid south and dipping 45 º to depth of 146.7m. Hole intersected fault breccia from 58.8 to 68.2m. Section described as variably veined, fractured, altered and mineralized along its length. A sequence of tuffs occurs above and below fault zone.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 25, 2014 (D Draper) - Small blebs of sphalerite noted in fault zone; total sulphides only 2-3%. Small vein of fluorite occurs within zone. Assay results: 59.2 - 60.2m, 0.88% Zn; 60.2 - 62.2m, 0.32% Zn; 64.2 - 65.2m, 0.49% Zn. Copper values from same section ranged from 0.01 to 0.06%. Notation on drill section accompanying log indicates 0.24% Zn/10.5m for the mineralized zone.
File - Resident Geologist files T-3102
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Core - Timmins Drill Core Library File TI0287
Publication Number: Date: 1901
Author: Shell Canada Resources
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Location: Timmins RGO
Map - Coral Rapids-Cochrane sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2161 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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