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| Record Name(s) | Shell DH 7801-79-5 - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Oct-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Feb-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Idington
Latitude: 49° 34' 44.85" Longitude: -82° 51' 4.87"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 366168 Northing: 5493484 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G10SW
Point Location Description: Drillhole on Idington/Neely township boundary, west of Opasatika River
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description:
1979: Shell Canada Resources Limited - Diamond drilling, assays (logs and core donated, Timmins DCL file T-0306). 2023: Torr Metals Inc. carried out soil and channel sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-0607 / 63.960 | 42G10SE0007 | 42G10SE0007 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Dacitic | Lapilli Tuff | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
Apr 14, 2014 (D Draper) - Shell drillhole 7801-79-5 was drilled to a depth of 108.8m (bearing 355°, dipping 60°) intersecting a sequence of metagreywacke and dacitic lapilli tuff. Several silicified zones were intersected within the sequence.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - A unit of dacitic lapilli tuff from 85.4m - 97.5m was weakly mineralized with pyrrhotite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. An assay of a 1.4m zone at 89m returned 0.14% Cu and 0.05% Zn. A metagreywacke sample at 103.2m returned 0.08% Zn.
File - Resident Geologist files T-3104
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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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