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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wassenaar Sample B-8 - 1999
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Oct-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Strathcona

Latitude: 47° 0' 16.01"    Longitude: -79° 46' 7.09"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 593607   Northing: 5206394    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04SW

Point Location Description: grab samples

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The claim block is accessed from a logging road which heads 5 km east from the highway at a point 12 km south of Temagami.



Exploration History

1999: J.L. Wassenaar - ground geophysics, prospecting, sampling, mapping


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO-2755 / 2.20529 31M04SE2007 31M04SE2007

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 1 Host
Vein 2 Quartz And Calcite Intrudes

Lithology Comments

Oct 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - The quartz vein is 70 cm wide and displays a wide alteration selvage of dark chlorite. The vein strikes NW and dips vertically.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected from a quartz vein in diabase assayed 953 ppb Au, 5.6 ppm A, and 95 ppm Co.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Briggs and Strathcona townships, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2324 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines


MonoMap - Geology of the northeast Temagami area, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: R163 Scale:     Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Strathcona Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0596 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., McNally N.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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