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Record: MDI31L13NW00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mark Lake - 1974
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-May-22
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-25
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Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Briggs

Latitude: 46° 58' 51.23"    Longitude: -79° 56' 5.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 581007.1   Northing: 5203591.97    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31L13NW

Point Location Description: Property symbol 49 (Map 2324)

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description:



Exploration History

1971: Sturdy Mines Limited – DD-7-2178 ft. 1998-2003: T. Cardinal and G. Chitaroni – sampling, prospecting, trenching, sampling 2000: Tryx Ventures Corp. – compilation, mag, HLEM, IP. 2007: Adroit Resources Inc. – mapping, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO 2474 / 2.18903 31L13NW2005 31L13NW2005
2.26877 31L13NW2014 31L13NW2014
63.1824 31L13NW9777 31L13NW9777
CO 3313 / 2.36109 20000002448 20000002448
CO 2693 / 2.20729 31L13NW2011 31L13NW2011
CO 0168 31L13NW9779 31L13NW9779

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diorite 1 Diorite Contains

Lithology Comments

Oct 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - The mineralization appears to be associated with inclusions of mafic metavolcanics in epidotized quartz diorite.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1974 returned an assay of 0.08 oz/t Au, 0.8 oz/t Ag, 0.96% Cu, and tr Pb, Zn and Ni. The best assay from the Sturdy Mines diamond drilling (DDH71-S B-8) was 0.17% Cu and tr Au over 3.5 feet. Grab samples collected by G. Chitaroni in 1999 returned Au values ranging from 0.03 to 13.54 g/t, Ag values from 0.5 to 16.1 g/t; Co values of 0.007%, Cu values from 0.57 to 1.28%, Ni values from 0.002 to 0.057% and Pd values from <0.005 to 0.01%.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist file CO-2694

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


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

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the northeast Temagami area, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: R163 Page: 108  Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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