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Record: MDI42G05SW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Northern Canada Mines DDH 1-3 - 1956, Scholfield-Talbott - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Aug-25
Date Last Modified 2022-May-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Iron



Location

Township or Area: Scholfield

Latitude: 49° 17' 49.79"    Longitude: -83° 52' 50.71"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 290564   Northing: 5464484    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G05SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar in former claim P46452

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The area is accessible by logging road from Hansen.



Exploration History

1956: Continental Copper Mines - ground geophysics. 1956-57: Northern Canada Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics, 7 ddh.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2216/66.770/ pt 42G05SW0007 42G05SW0318 42G05SW0318
T-2248/ 63.874 42G05SW0013 42G05SW0013

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz-Biotite Near
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Graphitic Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Anomalous copper and nickel values are returned from narrow sulphide-rich and graphite-rich partings within gneiss.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - The best assays obtained returned from 25 samples of drill core were 0.005 oz/t Au over 2.8 ft, 0.03% Cu over 2.8 ft and nil Ni.



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:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 37, 39  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Core - Timmins drill core library

Publication Number: DRILL CORE Date: 1901

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


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:


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:


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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