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Record: MDI32D12SW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) American Yellowknife Occurrence - 1946, Rayrock Mines Ltd. - 1946
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Harker

Latitude: 48° 30' 36.77"    Longitude: -79° 51' 46.74"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 583976   Northing: 5373635.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D12SW

Point Location Description: pit on southern edge of claim 40204

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1946: American Yellowknife Gold Mines Limited – ground magnetic survey, trenching. 1982-83: Canamax Resources Inc. – mapping, H.E.M. survey


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-0103/ 63.72 32D12SW0115 32D12SW0115
KL-0419/ 2.5582 32D05NW0419 32D05NW0419

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Mesoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Adjacent
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent
Vein 3 Quartz Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of Harker Township

Publication Number: ARV60-07 Page: 25  Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology and petrogenesis of the Archean Abitibi belt in the Kirkland Lake area, Ontario

Publication Number: MP123 Date: 1985

Author: Jensen L.S., Langford F.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Black River-Matheson economic geologist program

Publication Number: MP126.058S Date: 1997

Author: Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 130  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Township of Harker, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: M1951-04 Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J., Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Lightning River area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2734 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1985

Author: Vagners U.J., Courtney S.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area

Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 593-595  Date: 1990

Author: Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario

Publication Number: M2676 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2003

Author: Berger B.R., Luinstra B., Ropchan J.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR6091 Date: 2003

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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