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Record: MDI42F16NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McKinnon DH 10-3-1 - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Aug-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By D Draper
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Limestone Rapids Area

Latitude: 49° 59' 53.4"    Longitude: -84° 0' 43.7"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 714122.6   Northing: 5542705.39    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42F16NE

Point Location Description: Collar of drillhole DH 10-3-1

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Claim group stretches east-west for 80km, 10 to 30 km north of the section of Highway 11 between Hearst and Longlac. A network of north-trending logging roads extends through much of the area bringing road access to within 10 km of even the most remote parts of the property. (AF T-3179).



Exploration History

1991-93:McKinnon Prospecting Ltd.: Airborne mag and VLFEM survey, Ground mag, HLEM and IP surveys, drilling, assays.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3179 / 2.15793 20000005111 20000005111
T-3179 / 2.15794 42K01SE0004 42K01SE0004
T-3179 / 2.14246 42K01SE0001 42K01SE0001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Amphibolitized Tuff Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - McKinnon drillhole 10-3-1 intersected 4m of amphibolitized mafic tuff (at 225.6 to 229.2m depth) between sections of greywacke.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2ArsenopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 25, 2014 (D Draper) - A 0.8 m zone of quartz carbonate veinlets and stringers within the mafic tuff, mineralized with pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite, assayed 1.69 g/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

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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