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Record: MDI32D04NE00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kerrigan - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-08
Date Last Modified 2024-Jun-07
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: McGarry

Latitude: 48° 10' 19.02"    Longitude: -79° 33' 13.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 607530.781   Northing: 5336423.506    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04NE

Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1947: Kerrigan Gold Mines Ltd. mapped and diamond drilled 19 DDHs.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz, quartz-carbonate Host
Conglomerate 2 Host
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Trachyte with disseminated magnetite Contains
Wacke 4 Talcose bands Massive, medium to fine grained Near
Undetermined lava flow-unsubdivided 5 andesite, tuff, tuff-breccia, pillowed lava Massive, fragmental Near
Porphyry-unsubdivided 6

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CarbonateEconomic And Alteration
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3TalcEconomicGangue
4MagnetiteEconomicGangue
5PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
6GraphiteEconomicGangue
7MolybdeniteEconomicGangue
8ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
9GalenaEconomicGangue
1ChloriteAlteration

Mineralization Comments

Jun 07, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - The mineralized zone in excess of 366 m and with gold assays of: 0.09 oz/ton over 0.91 m in hole #1; 0.19 oz/ton over 0.6 m in hole #2; 0.09 oz/ton over 0.36 m in hole #6 0.09 oz/ton in hole #9 over 0.2 m; 0.18 oz/ton over 0.15 m in hole #10 and 0.06 oz/ton over 0.13 m in hole#11 (KL-1394).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-1394

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1966-67

Publication Number: MINES Page: 175  Date: 1966

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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 Page: 81  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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File - Res/Reg Property Visit KL #362

Publication Number: PV-362 Date: 1901

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


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