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Record: MDI31M04NE00045

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A. Guppy - 1985, Granite Lake - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-May-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Best

Latitude: 47° 9' 50.22"    Longitude: -79° 44' 37.5"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 595214   Northing: 5224149    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04NE

Point Location Description: Triangle symbol Mo (P321) south of south-central shore of Granite Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1961: A. Guppy - veins: quartz up to 2.5cm; feldspathic with pyrite and chalcopyrite in mafic volcanics;. Near granite contact; diamond drilling. Adjacent Occurrence: 600m Southwest. 0.11% MoS2/0.9m in Mortimer Drillhole #2.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.39110 20000003232 20000003232
2.18349 31M04NE2004 31M04NE2004
2.32569 20000001424 20000001424
2.15449 31M04NE0015 31M04NE0015
W9470-00040 31M04NE0016 31M04NE0016

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Contains
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Host
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 3 Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO 0128, CO 0133, CO 0139

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Haileybury sheet, districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0321 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Thomson R., Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Geology adjacent to Highway 11 in Best Township and the south part of Gillies Limit Township, districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing

Publication Number: OFR5016 Page: 54-55  Date: 1997

Author: Thomson R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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