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Record: MDI31M13SE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gagne Property - 2007, E. Verrier Property - 1966, Wabi River Mining Syndicate - 1968, Rio Tinto Wabi - Pense Option - 1988, L. Shortt Claims - 1950
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-05
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Pense

Latitude: 47° 47' 25.31"    Longitude: -79° 31' 49.91"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 610058   Northing: 5294046    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M13SE

Point Location Description: Pit

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via highway 11 to highway 569 and travelling 16 km to the Woolings road. Turn east and travel for 11 km and then turn north no the Flood Dam Road for 2 km. Travel 6.5 km on a new trail to the trenches.



Exploration History

1950: L. Shortt - pitting, stripping, sampling. 1953-1954: Dominion Gulf - ground geophysics, pitting, sampling, ground geophysics. 1959: Talisman Mines Limited - ground geophysics. 1966: E. Verrier - DD-10-540 ft. 1968-1972: Wabi River Mining Syndicate - ground geophysics, mapping, DD-2-541 ft. 1968-69: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, DD-4-1245 ft. 1991: F.H. Ellgring - prospecting, ground geophysics. 2007: M Gagne and Y. Gagne - trenching, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO-1726 / 63.465 31M13SE0120 31M13SE0120
CO-1734 31M13SE0119 31M13SE0119
CO-1734 31M13SE0018 31M13SE0018
CO-1738 / 63.2749 31M13SE0010 31M13SE0010
CO-1727 / 63.6276 / OP91-402 31M13NE9681 31M13NE9681
CO-1727 / OP92-138 32D04SE0129 32D04SE0129
CO-1736 / 63.1024 31M13SE0012 31M13SE0012
CO-3243/ 2.35967 20000002678 20000002678
CO-1734 / 63.2497 31M13SE0011 31M13SE0011

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Greywacke Host
Gabbro 2 Gabbro Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from trenches assayed 0.08% Cu, 0.03% Zn and 0.12% Ni; and 0.06% Cu, 1.50% Zn and 0.13% Ni. Assays from drill hole WP-3 returned up to 0.10% Cu over 5 ft, up to 0.04% Ni over 5 ft., 1.22% Zn over 5 ft and 0.03 oz/t Ag over 5 ft. Assays from samples collected by M and Y Gagne returned values up to 1.19% Zn, 1810 ppm Ni, 1840 ppm Cu, and 1.31% Cu, 1300 ppm Ni and 866 ppm Zn.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-1735

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Geological series, Pense Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P1222 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1976

Author: Lovell H.L., Frey E.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Englehart-Earlton area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: MP069 Page: 12-13  Date: 1977

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Englehart-Earlton area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P1249 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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