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Record: MDI42I08NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Argor DDH E-1 - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-May-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

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.



Exploration History

1969-70: Argor Exploration Ltd. - 2 ddh (1380 ft), airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1996-2000: Eastmain Resources - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, humus survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1061 / 83.1-46 20000004965 20000004965
T-4051 / 2.18502 32L05NE2001 32L05NE2001
T-4591 / 2.21429 42I08NW2001 42I08NW2001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Opatica

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Andesite Tuffs, Flows Host

Lithology Comments

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.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

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.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Core - Timmins Drill Core Library

Publication Number: TI1766 Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

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

Location:


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

Location:


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