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Record Name(s) | Argor DDH E-1 - 1969 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 2002-Jan-23 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-May-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Partridge Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 25' 28" Longitude: -80° 28' .24"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 537880 Northing: 5585960 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42I08NW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 12+00E/3+00S on old Argor grid
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by air from Timmins.
1969-70: Argor Exploration Ltd. - 2 ddh (1380 ft), airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1996-2000: Eastmain Resources - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, humus survey.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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T-1061 / 83.1-46 | 20000004965 | 20000004965 |
T-4051 / 2.18502 | 32L05NE2001 | 32L05NE2001 |
T-4591 / 2.21429 | 42I08NW2001 | 42I08NW2001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Opatica
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Andesite | Tuffs, Flows | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of metavolcanics that are interpreted to be altered andesitic tuffs and/or flows. Some trachytes and amphibolites were also intersected.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.13% Zn, 0.02% Ni and 0.01% Cu over 5 ft of altered andesite.
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Disseminated |
Core - Timmins Drill Core Library
Publication Number: TI1766 Date:
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Location: Timmins RGO
Map - Coral Rapids-Cochrane sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2161 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Ontario geological map, northeast sheet
Publication Number: M2200 Scale: 1:1,013,760 Date: 1971
Author: Ayres L.D., Lumbers S.B., Milne V.G., Robeson D.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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