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Record: MDI32D04SW00196

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Overburden Drill Hole 79-43 - 1995, Gagne - 1995
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1995-May-15
Date Last Modified 2024-Jun-13
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Nickel, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: McElroy

Latitude: 48° 6' .67"    Longitude: -79° 52' 10.57"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 584158.603   Northing: 5328053.385    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04SW

Point Location Description: Overburden drill hole

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1956: Hoshko, P. drilled one DDH (31 m). 1991: Geoconseils Jack Stoch Ltd. conducted ground geophysics (EM, IP, MAG); 1995: Gagne, M. and Gagne, Y. completed drilling (6 DDHs), sampling assaying and analysis.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-3782 32D04SW0085 32D04SW0085

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Pacaud

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz/Calcite-quartz silicified Host
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Basalt Fine-grained, pillowed, fractured, silicified Contains
Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided 3
Diorite 5 Dike, non magnetic, medium-grained Near

Lithology Comments

Jun 12, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Iron Formation consists of laminated grey chert (30%) with intermediate to mafic volcanic (70%). Volcanics are dark grey-green, massive to foliated with a grain size of 0.2-0.5 mm, and consists of feldspar with 40% actinolite. 5-10% sulphides (pyrrhotite with subordinate pyrite) disseminated in both rock types. 10%; calcite in chert layers, trace interstitial carbonate in volcanic layers (OFR5335).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangueSilicification1
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3CalciteEconomicGangue
1SilicaAlteration

Mineralization Comments

Jun 13, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Grab samples collected from claim 1203494 (1995 claim number) assayed up to 990 ppm nickel and 1320 ppm copper. Gold values from grab samples and from drill holes were low (File 32D04SW0085).



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Reverse circulation rotary drilling and deep overburden geochemical sampling in Marter, Catharine, Gauthier, McElroy, Hearst and Skead townships, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: OFR5335 Date: 1981

Author: Averill S.A., Thomson I.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Deep overburden drilling and geochemical sampling in Hearst, Catharine, McElroy, Gauthier, Arnold, Clifford and Bisley townships, districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5456 Date: 1983

Author: Averill S.A., Fortescue J.A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Summary of overburden and bedrock trace element data from Kirkland Lake initiatives program [KLIP] reconnaissance till sampling program

Publication Number: OFR5737 Date: 1990

Author: McClenaghan M.B., Wyatt P.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Mid-density [SG 2.81-3.32] mineralogy of glacial overburden as an indicator of gold mineralization in Marter, Catharine, McElroy, Skead, Gauthier and Hearst townships, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: OFR5355 Date: 1981

Author: Thomson I., Lourim J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Deep overburden drilling and geochemical sampling in Benoit, Melba, Bisley, Maisonville, Morrisette, Arnold, Grenfell, Lebel, Eby, Otto, Boston and McElroy townships, districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5356 Date: 1981

Author: Routledge R.E., Thomson I., Thompson I.S., Dixon J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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