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Record: MDI32D04SW00277

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hearst-Larder South Prospect - 1951, Lowe - 1984, Amax Group 1 - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Mar-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lead, Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: McElroy, Hearst

Latitude: 48° 3' 20.91"    Longitude: -79° 45' 41.31"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 592288   Northing: 5323245    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04SW

Point Location Description: Outcrop

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1951: Hearst-Larder Mines Ltd. – discovery. 1952: W. Gerrie – sampling. 1952: Hearst-Larder Mines Ltd. – ground magnetometer survey, DD-2726 ft. 1968: Amax Explortion Inc. – ground magnetometer and EM surveys. 1988: A. Anderson –VLF-EM, ground magnetometer survey, geological mapping


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-1110/2.1109 42A08NW0047 42A08NW0047



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Intrudes
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3SphaleriteEconomicOre
4GalenaEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
5PyriteEconomicGangue
6PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jan 25, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays of chip samples ranged from 0.85-2.11% Cu, 0.57 – 5.84% Pb , 0.30-1.90% Zn and0.93 oz/t Ag.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Township of McElroy and portion of Township of Boston, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: M1950-03 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Abraham E.M., Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 359-360  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Northern Miner March 22, 1956

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1956

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location: Kirkland Lake RGO


Mono - Mineral resources and mining properties in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake area

Publication Number: MDC003 Page: 83-84  Date: 1964

Author: Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of McElroy and part of Boston townships

Publication Number: ARV59-06 Date: 1997

Author: Abraham E.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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