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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge DDH Sta18-1 - 2001 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jan-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Staples
Latitude: 49° 3' 51.6" Longitude: -82° 28' 35.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 392139.856 Northing: 5435657.394 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G01SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 4+-N/0+10E on Falconbridge grid
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from Kapuskasing along the Swanson Road for approximately 39 km.
1999-2001: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (141 m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-4367, 2.20188 | 42G01NW2005 | 42G01NW2005 |
| T-4529, 2.21024 | 42G01SW2009 | 42G01SW2009 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Graphitic Argillite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Biotite-Muscovite-Qtz-Fld | Footwall | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Garnetiferous | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated zinc values were returned from a fine-graned massive to thinly laminated black graphitic argillite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best values returned from drill core were 2180 ppm Zn, 249 ppm Cu and 113 ppm Ni over 0.64m. Other Zn values ranged from 53 to 914 ppm; Cu values ranged from 77 to 203 ppm; Ni values ranged from 70 to 155 ppm.
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:
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 - 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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