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| Record Name(s) | A. Aubin - 1963, Hollinger - 1966 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Marter
Latitude: 47° 51' 20.67" Longitude: -79° 46' 51.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 591177.63 Northing: 5300986.06 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M13SW
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1956-Martindale, T, trenching 1963-Aubin, A. trenching 1966-Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. 3 DD(216 m), geophysics, geology.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0167 | 31M13SW0003 | 31M13SW0003 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 10, 2012 (Nazha Sabiri) - Flat-lying sediment of the Cobalt Group intruded by diabase sill. Copper showing found on a greywacke outcrop. Sediments appear to dip 10º to the north.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Brecciated | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wacke | 2 | Massive | Contains | |
| Claystone | 3 | Finely Banded | Near | |
| Conglomerate | 3 | Near | ||
| Diabase | 5 | Diabase | Near |
Dec 10, 2012 (Nazha Sabiri) - Interbedded silty and arkosic greywacke with some white weathering, grading to dark blue greywacke with minor disseminated blebs of pyrite. Fine grained blue-black silty greywacke with less than 1% of disseminated pyrite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Bornite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Silicate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 8 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 10, 2012 (Nazha Sabiri) - Mineralization occurs as stringers, disseminated chalcopyrite, and minor bornite. Chloritization of the wall rock occurs near copper mineralization. Mineralization seems to be controlled by a fractures system. Presence of: quartz breccia, calcite stringers small angle to CA, hematite staining and hematite stained fractures as well as highly sheared zone and fault gouge.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1757
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of Catharine and Marter townships, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R018 Date: 1997
Author: Grant J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 379 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Catharine and Marter townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2043 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Grant J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border
Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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