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Record: MDI000000001823

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Walker Zone - 1996, Campbell - Stanwick Trench - 1996, Welsh-Stanwick Project - 1996
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2015-Apr-15
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Powell

Latitude: 47° 57' 34.67"    Longitude: -80° 40' 45.89"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 523933   Northing: 5311863    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: trenches on north side of southwestern bay of Otisse Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is via highway 566 from the town of Matachewan. A logging road is used to access the central and eastern portions of the property. Old drill trails are used to access the north portions of the property.



Exploration History

1996: S. Stanwick and D. Campbell –trenching. 1996-97: Sedex Mining Corporation – DD-5-922.15 m, IP survey. 2007: Opawica Explorations Inc. – stripping, IP survey, DD-3.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-4002/ W9680.00471 41P15NE0012 41P15NE0012
KL-4611/ 2.19519 41P15NE2010 41P15NE2010
KL-4131/ 2.17203 41P15NE0021 41P15NE0021
KL-5968/ 2.38597 20000003082 20000003082
KL-6042/2.39524 20000003514 20000003514

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Conglomerate 1 Conglomerate Host
Siltstone 2 Siltstone Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Greywacke Host
Feldspar Porphyry 4 Feldspar Intrudes

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 28, 2015 (A Wilson) - Assays from the 1996 diamond drilling returned best assays of 1258 ppb Au over 1 m (DDH WS-96-1) and 1063 ppb Au over 1 m in DDH WS-97-3. Assays from the 2007 drilling campaign returned 2.74 g/t Au over 2 m in siltstone; 1.15 g/t Au over 1 m in conglomerate and 0.22 oz/t Au and 0.333% Cu over 4.8 m in siltstone. Copper values up to 0.534% were obtained from a 1 m section of siltstone in DDH OPQ-07-020.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-5967 (2.38603)

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border

Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 2005

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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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Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 80  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Powell Township

Publication Number: P3577 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2006

Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - General Geology of Powell Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: OFR6172.005 Page: 5.1-5.10  Date: 2005

Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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