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Record: MDI31L13NW00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) R. Sabourin Property - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-May-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Strathcona

Latitude: 46° 59' 7.7"    Longitude: -79° 47' 33.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 591819   Northing: 5204257    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31L13NW

Point Location Description: approximate location of trench

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description:



Exploration History

Pre 1969: trenching


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 20, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the ODM in 1969 assayed 0.10% Cu, 0.07% Ni with trace Au and Ag. Stringers and disseminated grains of pyrite and pyrrhotite are present throughout the shear zone, but no other sulphide minerals were observed.



Mineral Record Details

References

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 - Briggs and Strathcona townships, Nipissing District

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

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines


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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