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Record: MDI42G05SW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Northern Canada Mines DDH 5-1 - 1956, Ebbs - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Ebbs

Latitude: 49° 19' 12.85"    Longitude: -83° 48' 40.44"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 295713   Northing: 5466858    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G05SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar in former claim SSM46512

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by logging roads from Hearst.



Exploration History

1955-56: Northern Canada Mines Limited - airborne geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics, DD-1-433 ft


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2216 / 63.770 / pt 42G05SW0007 42G05SW0017 42G05SW0017

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz-Hornblende-Biotite Host

Lithology Comments

Apr 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of schist containing disseminated sulphides.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - Assays of drill core returned values of 0.03% Cu and 0.01 oz/t Au. Elevated copper and gold values were returned from a quartz-biotite-hornblende gneiss.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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

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