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| Record Name(s) | Homestake Sample 88BR-573 - 1988, Homestake Grid C - 1988, Kap Joint Venture - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Dec-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Doherty
Latitude: 49° 10' 9.22" Longitude: -83° 36' 34.77"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 309780 Northing: 5449547 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G04NE
Point Location Description: Grab sample 88BR-573 on grid C at L 20+50E, 10+00N
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is accessible via an all-weather road which originates 10 km south of Hearst along Hwy 583. A number of logging roads cross the property providing excellent access.
1986-88: HSK Minerals Ltd., X-Cal Resources ltd., Noront Resources Ltd., and Doelcam Mining Corporation - airborne geophysics, mapping, geochemistry. 1991: Jean's Diesel Shop Ltd. - compilation, mapping, trenching, 3 ddh (574.1m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3133/ 2.12181 | 42G04NE0003 | 42G04NE0003 |
| T-3133/ 2.13126 | ||
| T-3133/ 2.9705 | 42G03NE0001 | 42G03NE0001 |
| T-4083/ OM91-104 | 42G04NE0002 | 42G04NE0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Feldspar | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - A grab sample returned an assay of 2033 ppm Cu. Grab samples from a trench returned values as high as 5780 ppm Zn and 1260 ppm Cu. Diamond drilling completed in 1991 returned an assay of 3.4% Zn, 4200 ppm Cu and 105 ppb Au over 20 cm in DDH 2. A number of gossanous outcrops are present which were found to be significantly enriched in Cu, Au, Ag, Co, Ni, and Fe. Values from samples 88BR-573 and 88 BR-618 b ranged up to 2033 ppm Cu and 1755 ppm Cu. In addition, sample 88BR-6186B also contained 2672 ppm Zn and 12.65% Fe.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Caithness, and parts of Scholfield, Pelletier and Doherty townships, Hearst-Kapuskasing area, Algoma and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: P2961 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1986
Author: Berger B.R., MacMillan D.W., Roy P.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Hearst sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0397 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Hearst-Kapuskasing sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: M2166 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Hearst-Kapuskasing area
Publication Number: OFR5599 Date: 1986
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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