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Record: MDI000000001554

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) D. Derosier Property - 1928
Related Record Type
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Dec-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Phyllis

Latitude: 46° 57' 26.5"    Longitude: -80° 7' 7.19"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 567057.1   Northing: 5200802.64    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41I16NE

Point Location Description: location of Desrosier Property

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1928: H. Smith – prospecting.1940: D. Desrosier, J. R. Sproat – prospecting, sampling.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Rhyolite Sheared Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 14, 2012 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values were obtained from a silicified rhyolite outcrop. The metavolcanics are cross cut by a number of northwest trending mineralized joints. The host rock displays heavy carbonate alteration and is cut by narrow ankerite veinlets.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicGangue
3MalachiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 14, 2012 (A Wilson) - The main mineralized zone has a maximum width of 20 feet and has been exposed for a length of approximately 100 ft. Sphalerite is associated with the ankerite veinlets. Character samples of pyritic and sphalerite-rich material returned assays of 0.01 oz/t Au and trace Ag.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Northeastern portion of the Timagami Lake area

Publication Number: ARV51-06 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - The northeastern portion of the Timagami Lake area, District of Nipissing, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51E Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Northwestern Timagami area, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2057 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Simony P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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