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| Record Name(s) | Inco DDH 18144 - 1963, Owl 3-50 - 1963, Deception Creek Occurrences - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Calder
Latitude: 49° 3' 32.92" Longitude: -81° 19' 5.29"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 476758.37 Northing: 5434079.396 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42H03SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim P.52076
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is acessible by driving west from Cochrane along highway 11 for approximately 20 km to Deception Creek and then overland for approximately 2 km.
1963: Inco Ltd. - 1 ddh (245 ft). 1989: D. Mullen and D. Londry - mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3341, 2.12949 | 42H03SE0001 | 42H03SE0001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Qtz-Hb | Hanging Wall | |
| Amphibolite | 3 | Garnet | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected 47 ft of oxide facies iron formation. The overlying gneisses are ganetiferous and contain trace magnetite. The footwall amphibolite contains quartz-carbonate stringers and veins.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron formation contains up to 75% fine grianed disseminated sulphides, mostly magnetite and pyrrhotite.
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42H-4 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist files T-748
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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
Location:
Map - Timmins-Kirkland Lake, geological compilation series, Cochrane, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts
Publication Number: M2205 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Pyke D.R., Ayres L.D., Innes D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 107-108 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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