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Record: MDI42G06SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Golden Trio DDH GTO-10 - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Fergus

Latitude: 49° 14' 48.62"    Longitude: -83° 6' 59.27"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 345968   Northing: 5457052    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G06SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim 900208

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from Opasatika.



Exploration History

1986-88: Golden Trio Minerals - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping, 1 ddh (84.8 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3127 / 2.9694 42G06SE0001 42G06SE0001
T-3127/ W8906.208 42G06SE0004 42G06SE0004

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sulphide Ironstone 1 Sulphide-Facies Host
Claystone 2 Graphitic Argillite Near
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected interbedded graphitic argillite and cherty sulphide iron formation lying beneath chloritized mafic metavolcanic rocks.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2GalenaEconomicGangue
3FuchsiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - The best assays returned from diamond drill core returned values as high as 2768 ppm Zn, 89 ppm Cu, and 6 ppm Au over 1.1 m. Elevated Zn values were found over a thickness of 3.4 m and in several other intersections along the length of the core.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Rykert, Fergus and parts of Abbott and Opasatika townships, Hearst-Kapuskasing area, Algoma and Cochrane districts

Publication Number: P2962 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1986

Author: Berger B.R., MacMillan D.W., Roy P.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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 - 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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