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Record: MDI41I16NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) C.J. Niemetz Property - 1941, Denedus Point - 1941
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-May-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Phyllis

Latitude: 46° 56' 49.44"    Longitude: -80° 1' 30.89"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 574179   Northing: 5199743    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41I16NE

Point Location Description: porphyryitic granite on Denedus Point

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1942: C.J. Niemetz - trenching.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Porphyry-unsubdivided 1 Adjacent
Intermediate Tuff 2 Tuff Sheared Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 14, 2012 (A Wilson) - The porphyry dike strikes roughly east for at least 380 feet and has a maximum width of 23 feet. The dike is strongly silicified. In some locations the dike is heavily sheared for widths of 5 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3SphaleriteEconomicGangue
4ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 14, 2012 (A Wilson) - The pyrite occurs as pockets and lenses of disseminated and coarse-grained material. Grab samples collected from the shear by Moorhouse returned values of 0.02 oz/t Au and no silver. A second shear zone, situated to the south of the main part of the property contains pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite. A grab sample taken from this zone by Moorhouse returned 0.02 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Northeastern portion of the Timagami Lake area

Publication Number: ARV51-06 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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 Scale:     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 - Northwestern Timagami area, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2057 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Simony P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - The northeastern portion of the Timagami Lake area, District of Nipissing, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51E Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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