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Record: MDI41I16SW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Leblanc and Morrison Property - 2006, Leger Quartz Occurrence - 1962, Claim T51862 - 1962, Leger and Bayne Grubstake - 1962, MACS Syndicate - 1962
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-18
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silica, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Clement

Latitude: 46° 52' 59.93"    Longitude: -80° 17' 18.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 554216   Northing: 5192443    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I16SW

Point Location Description: open cut

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Drive north from River Valley for 35 km to the bridge and intersection to Wawiashkashi Lake at the south end of Lake Manitou. Continue north 8.1 km to a bush road on the west side of the main road. Drive up hill 100 m to site.



Exploration History

1955: Taylor - trenching, pitting. 1962: L. Leger - prospecting. 1963: Leger Mines Limited - trenching, sampling, mapping; some silica reportedly quarried and sent to ceramic producer in Kingston Ontario. 1963: MACS Syndicate - ground geophysics, mapping. 1975: R. Vaillancourt - DD-1-200 ft. 1979: R. Vaillancourt - DD-2-360 ft. 2009: A. Leblanc - DD-1-55 ft. 2006: Temex Resources Corp. - property visit, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Clement – 0010C1 41I16NW0106 41I16NW0106
Clement – 0020 41I16NW0105 41I16NW0105
2.39191 20000003530 20000003530
CLEMENT-0019-D1 41I16NW0103 41I16NW0103

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Contains
Diabase 3 Diabase Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 04, 2009 (A Wilson) - The vein is described as a flat 6 foot thick vein traceable for 800 feet along the face of a steep cliff.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 30, 2012 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by A. S. Bayne in 1962 assayed trace to 3.60 oz/t gold and 1.60 oz/t silver. The best assay form a sample collected in 1963 returned 0.54 oz/t Au over 27 inches. Grab samples collected from the quartz vein by K. Kettles assayed 0.55 g/t Au and 0.19% Cu; 0.03 oz/t Au and 0.01% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

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: 23-24  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Afton, Scholes, Macbeth, and Clement townships, districts of Sudbury and Nipissing

Publication Number: R170 Page: 52-53  Date: 1977

Author: Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Macbeth and Clement townships, Sudbury and Nipissing districts

Publication Number: M2386 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1977

Author: Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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