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Record: MDI42H03SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cromarty Exploration DDH C6-2 - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jul-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Lamarche

Latitude: 49° 1' 11.97"    Longitude: -81° 2' 42.08"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 496708.38   Northing: 5429679.29    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42H03SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar C6-2 on former claim P77126

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is located approximately 5 km south of Cochrane via highway 11. The drill site is located approximately 1 km west of the highway.



Exploration History

1965: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. – airborne geophysics, 1 ddh (403 ft), assays.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1266/ 13 42H03SE0002 42H03SE0002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Chlorite Hanging Wall
Feldspar Porphyry 3 Feldspar Intrudes

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected an upper sequence of chlorite schist and andesite intruded by a 10 ft wide feldspar porphyry dike. Slightly anomalous copper values are found in a unit interpreted to be silicified and brecciated andesite.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - The best intersection returned 0.06% Cu and 0.02 oz/t Au over 5 ft. Copper values elsewhere in the drill hole returned values ranging from 0.02% Cu over 2 ft to 0.18% Cu over 6 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-6365

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Cochrane sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0372 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological Compilation: Brower, Duff, Fournier, Hanna, Lamarche, Little, Mann, McCart, Newmarket, Reaume, St. John and Tully Townships

Publication Number: P3391 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

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