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Record: MDI42F16NW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McKinnon DH 7-14-1 - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Aug-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By D Draper
Revised By D Draper

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Pitopiko River Area

Latitude: 49° 58' 17.19"    Longitude: -84° 23' 11.59"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 687397.88   Northing: 5538729.24    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42F16NW

Point Location Description: Drillhole collar location

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.



Exploration History

1991-93, McKinnon Prospecting Ltd.: Airborne mag and VLFEM 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
Mafic Tuff 1 Tuff Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Greywacke Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Hole 7-14-1 (drilled to 198m depth, dipping -50, bearing 0 degrees azimuth) cut 17.3m of mafic tuff at 79.7m. Section is dark green, fine-grained with anhedral garnets and minor biotite, blue-grey quartz stringers. Unit positioned between sections of greywacke. (AF T-3179).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3GarnetEconomicGangue
4BiotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 22, 2013 (D Draper) - A 1.3m section of mafic tuff zone assayed 0.77 g/t Au. The next meter of core assayed 0.39 g/t (92.7 to 95.0m).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unknown

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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