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Record: MDI42G05SW00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) CAN-MAC Exploration DDH ST-88-2 - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Dec-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Scholfield

Latitude: 49° 16' 21.23"    Longitude: -83° 45' 10.56"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 299756   Northing: 5461403    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G05SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim 906044

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via the Caithness Road, south from Hearst.



Exploration History

1986-87: Can-Mac Exploration and Kap Hearst Resources - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, 1 ddh (467 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3128 42G05SE0102 42G05SE0102
T-3128/2.9642 42G05NW0003 42G05NW0003
T-3128/ 63.5100 42G05SE0001 42G05SE0001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz-Feldspar-Biotite Near
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Graphitic Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 3 Garnetiferous Quartz-Feldspar-Biotite Near

Lithology Comments

Apr 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - The diamond drill hole intersected a sequence of quartz-feldspar-biotite schist, garnetiferous quartz-feldspar-biotite schist, graphitic schist and a narrow feldspar porphyry dike.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3GraphiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - The best intersections in the drill hole included 0.3 ppm Ag, 226 ppm cu, 16 ppm Pb and 1480 ppm Zn; 0.4 ppm Ag, 320 ppm cu, 73 ppm Pb, 2240 ppm Zn; 0.5 ppm Ag, 394 ppm Cu, 78 ppm PB and 2320 ppm Zn. Fracture fillings of disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite are common



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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


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


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


Mono - Geology of the Hearst-Kapuskasing area

Publication Number: OFR5599 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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