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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge DDH Cas78-01 - 2001 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jan-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Casselman
Latitude: 49° 8' 51.75" Longitude: -82° 17' 35.89"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 405685.794 Northing: 5444681.234 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G01NW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 2+10S/1+0W on Falconbridge grid on claim P.1226732
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The area can be accessed by two dirt roads, the Swanson road which runs south from highway 11 at Kapuskasing and the Chain of Lake Road which runs suth from Highway 11 at Moonbeam. The two roads join in southern Casselman Township.
1988: McKinnon Prospecting - airborne geophysics. 1998-2001: Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (162m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-4324, 2.20013 | 42G01NW2002 | 42G01NW2002 |
| T-4527, 2.21029 | 42G01NW2008 | 42G01NW2008 |
| T-3180, 2.11179 | 42G01NW0009 | 42G01NW0009 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Bi-Hb-Qz-Fld | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The highest assays were returned from cherty sulphide facies iron fromation and quartz-feldspar-hornblende schist.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assays returned 5320 ppm Zn and 638 ppm Cu over 0.8 m in iron formation. Quartz-feldspar hornblende schist above the iron formation also has returned anomalous Zn values (3470 ppm Zn and 1050 ppm Zn).
Map - Kapuskasing sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0398 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology of the Saganash Lake-Wakusimi River area
Publication Number: ARV69-03 Date: 1997
Author: McMurchy R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Saganash Lake area, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1960A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: McMurchy R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Operation Kapuskasing
Publication Number: MP010 Date: 1967
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J., Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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