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| Record Name(s) | Shell DH 7608-78-7 - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jan-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Nickel
Township or Area: Guilfoyle
Latitude: 49° 42' 47.17" Longitude: -82° 28' 11.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 394028 Northing: 5507770 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G09NW
Point Location Description: Collar of drillhole
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1978: Shell Canada Resources Limited -DD-1-136.75 m- (log notes hole was drilled on Anomaly F so earlier geophysical survey inferred, but not on file) (Core donation file TI0271).
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Graphitic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Biotite-Quartz-Garnet | Adjacent |
Apr 11, 2014 (D Draper) - Drillhole bearing Grid S, dipping 45º, to depth of 136.25m cut graphitic to chloritic schists above 100m, and quartz-biotite-garnet gneiss below 100m. Two zones of lamprophyre dyke were noted (119 - 122.5m and 124 - 125.9m).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - A 6.34m zone (67.05m - 73.39m) of graphitic schist contained py in narrow bands and lenses and assayed 0.17% zinc and 0.03% nickel over a 1.22 meter sample. This was the highest zinc assay from the 9 holes drilled in Guilfoyle Township in the 7608 program.
File - Resident Geologist files T-3103
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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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