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Record: MDI000000001814

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Foreign Gold Showing - 1992, G. Kosy Property - 1997
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2015-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Cairo

Latitude: 48° 0' 27.03"    Longitude: -80° 35' 14.04"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 530786   Northing: 5317216.99    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A02SE

Point Location Description: trench on east side of Browning Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1977: Norcan Resources Ltd. – airborne EM and magnetic survey 1991-1992: Inco Limited – ground magnetometer, IP, resitivity surveys; overburden trenching, sampling, assays. 1997: G. Kosy Property - prospecting. 2010: T. Link – ground mag and EM


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-3214/2.15091 42A02SE8909 42A02SE8909
KL-3176/63.6291 42A02SE8908 42A02SE8908
KL-4185/ 2.17354 42A02SE0050 42A02SE0050
KL-6389/ 2.44614 20000005942 20000005942

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Porphyry Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 23, 2015 (A Wilson) - A pit adjacent to the Browning Lake Fault reportedly returned gold assays (could not be substantiated by compiler).




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 23, 2015 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from a trench on the eastern shore of Browning Lake returned an assay of 0.46% Cu and 1.1% Pb; a second sample approximately 25 m east returned an assay of 2.3% Cu and 725 ppm Pb.



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R051 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geological Synthesis Along Highway 66 from Matachewan to Swastika

Publication Number: OFR6177 Scale:     Date: 2006

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Location:


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