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Record: MDI42F16NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mattagami Lake DH AD-84-2B - 1984, Auden Group D - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By Sheree Hinz

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Limestone Rapids Area

Latitude: 49° 59' 40.62"    Longitude: -84° 1' 22.17"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 713372.6   Northing: 5542280.37    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42F16NE

Point Location Description: Collar location of drill hole to east of Kabinakagami River

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access is either by helicopter or by a road running north through Fushimi Twp. from Highway 11; its junction is approx. 16 miles west of Hearst.



Exploration History

1981-84: Mattagami Lake Exploration. Limited - mag and HLEM surveys, VLF survey,: DD-2-715.3 ft, assays. 1991-93:McKinnon Prospecting Ltd.: Airborne mag and VLFEM survey, Ground mag, HLEM and IP surveys


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2507 / 2.5903 42K01SE0002 42K01SE0002
T-2507 / WR# 307/85
T-3179 / 2.15793 20000005111 20000005111
T-3179 / 2.15794 42K01SE0004 42K01SE0004
T-3179 / 2.14246 42K01SE0001 42K01SE0001
T-2507/2.4679 42K01SE0003 42K01SE0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide-Facies Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Metasediment Near

Lithology Comments

Mar 25, 2014 (D Draper) - Drillhole AD-84-2B (bearing 335º dipping 55º, to depth of 407ft) intersected overburden and Paleozoic limestone to 180 ft, followed by felsic to intermediate metasediments and metavolcanics. Massive sulphide (py, po) seams and 2 zones of iron formation were also encountered.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 25, 2014 (D Draper) - A unit described as felsic chemical sediment iron formation at 228 - 230.7ft assayed at 4050 ppm Zn over 2.7ft. The lower section of iron formation (314 - 333ft) returned an assay of 673 ppb Au over 5ft (323 - 328ft).



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

Map - Caramat-Pagwa River sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Thunder Bay districts

Publication Number: M2202 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1971

Author: Innes D.G., Ayres L.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


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