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Record: MDI31M04SW00076

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pingue Lake Occurrence - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Jun-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Strathcona

Latitude: 47° 3' 1.94"    Longitude: -79° 47' 29.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 591795   Northing: 5211489    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04SW

Point Location Description: Au, Ag showing along railway

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description:



Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 1 Sheared Contains
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Rhyolite Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 20, 2012 (A Wilson) - The shear zone is approximately 1.2 m wide and dips steeply to the south and is hosted within intermediate metavolcanics.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 20, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected from the site by the OGS assayed 0.07 oz/t Au, 0.48 oz/t Ag, 0.05% cu and 0.04% Pb.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

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


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Scale:     Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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


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


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