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| Record Name(s) | Stan Welsh Property - 1976, Demarco Property - 1954 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2015-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos, Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Cairo
Latitude: 47° 56' 53.76" Longitude: -80° 35' 19.6"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 530706 Northing: 5310632 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: asb occurrence on former claim L249341
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via highway 65 to Elk Lake.
1954: Asbestos Corporation Limited – DD 2. 1957: Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company- DD-3. 1976: S. Welch – mapping, stripping, sampling. 1979: Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd. – mapping, ground geophysics, trenching, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL-1991/2.3027 | 41P15NE8345 | 41P15NE8345 |
| KL-1991/2.3078 | 41P15NE8343 | 41P15NE8343 |
| KL-1991/ 2.3016 | 41P15NE8346 | 41P15NE8346 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Serpentinized | Host |
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| Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Adjacent | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Massive, Pillowed | Adjacent | |
| Felsic Tuff | 4 | Tuffaceous | Near | |
| Syenite | 5 | Porphyritic | Intrudes | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 6 | Banded | Host |
Mar 23, 2015 (A Wilson) - Asbestos fibres were observed in peridotite in 2 places in Cairo Township. Asbestos was observed west of Highway 65 in strongly serpentinized peridotite. This occurrence has had limited diamond-drill testing in the 1950s but the showing was determined to be uneconomic at this time. Gold and silver are associated with iron formation.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Asbestos | Economic | Ore |
Mar 23, 2015 (A Wilson) - The No. 2 drill hole completed by the Rochester and Pittsburgh coal Company intersected 120 feet of core which contained numerous fractures filled with cross-fibre asbestos. A bulk sample of 94 pounds collected by S. Welch returned an estimated $6.22 asbestos ($596.00 per ton of No 1 fibre) and an estimated average of $1.47 asbestos ($499.50 per ton of No 2 fibre). The asbestos fibres are described as coarse and had a maximum length of approximately 1 inch. Samples of the drill core by Newmont returned 0.135 oz/t Au and 0.033 oz/t Ag from cherty pyritic exhalite (unknown width); and 0.34 oz/t Au and 0.093 oz/t Ag.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1991, KL-2821, KL-3577
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Powell and Cairo townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2110 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Page: 50 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geological Synthesis Along Highway 66 from Matachewan to Swastika
Publication Number: OFR6177 Page: 67-68 Date: 2006
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Precambrian Geology, Highway 66 Area, Swastika to Matachewan
Publication Number: M2677 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2006
Author: Berger B.R., Pigeon L., Leblanc G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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