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Record: MDI42I08NW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Eastmain Resources DDH ANR-00-01 - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Partridge Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 24' 20.02"    Longitude: -80° 28' 9.88"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 537704.91   Northing: 5583859.07    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42I08NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 13+25N/1000E on Eastmain grid on claim 1226111

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by air from Timmins.



Exploration History

1996-2000: Eastmain Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, humus survey, 2 ddh (203 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
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
Sulphide Ironstone 1 Sulphide-Facies Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Hanging Wall
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Garnetiferous Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mafic metavolcanics consist of basaltic flows and pillowed flows. The sulphide-facies iron formation consists of semi-massive to massive sulphides (2 m thick).




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned values up to 1460 ppm Cu, 1285 ppm Zn, 103 ppm Ni over 1 m. ANR-00-02 returned assays up to 1760 ppm Zn and 250 ppm Ba.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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


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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