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Record: MDI43B13SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Delta North - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Feb-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Kimberlite



Location

Township or Area: BMA 527 833

Latitude: 52° 47' 47.66"    Longitude: -83° 38' 46.41"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 321594.392   Northing: 5852923.557    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 43B13SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for D1-01-06A on claim P1052695

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Via helicopter from Attawapiskat.



Exploration History

1984-86: Monopros Ltd.: regional sediment sampling program. 1986-87: Monopros Ltd.: airborne magnetic survey. 1988: Monopros Ltd. - ground magnetic survey, 2 ddh (373.68 m). 1998: Monopros Ltd. - ground geophysical survey. 2001: DeBeers Canada Exploraltion Inc. - RC drilling ( 1 hole).


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Hudson Bay Basin

Geological Age: Mesozoic   Geochronological Age: 180 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 6019



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - In the Attawapiskat area there are both Early Jurassic and Proterozoic kimberlites. The early Jurassic kimberlites are centred at approximately latitude 52 45N and 83 50 W. These kimberlites occur along the Winisk River fault trend and occur where this fault splays toward James Bay. The kimberlite distribution pattern is elongated northwest along the Winisk River fault, parallel to the NW trend of the Proterozoic Sutton Inlier (120 km north of Attawapiskat). The Early Jurassic kimberlites lie just south of the NE trending Cape Henrietta Maria Arch.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Kimberlite-Unsubdivided 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The kimberlite is described as a hypabyssal macrocrystic kimberlite with secondary hypabyssal segregationary kimberlite. Limestone is common as xenoliths. Oliving-pyroxene xenoliths and kimberlite indicator minerals are recognized throughout. The garnet composition is mostly G-9 with lesser garnets of G-10 chemistry. The chromite suite does not fall within the diamond inclusion field. The kimberlite is hard and appears to be more carbonated than Delta 1.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1OlivineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-3264, T-4291, T-4663

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Known Kimberlites of Eastern Ontario

Publication Number: P3321 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1995

Author: Zalnieriunas R.V., Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Kimberlites of the Attawapiskat Area, James Bay Lowlands, Northern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR6019 Page: 21-22  Date: 2000

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Alkalic rock, carbonatite and kimberlite complexes of Ontario, Superior province

Publication Number: SV04-01.018 Page: 683-709  Date: 1997

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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