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Record: MDI41I16SW00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cook Claim Group - 1957, Leger Properlty - 1964, Iron Mountain - 1964, R.A. Vaillancourt Property - 1964, Foubert and Vaillancourt - 1980, Claim T 53551 - 1963
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Jul-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Iron, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Clement

Latitude: 46° 52' 31.17"    Longitude: -80° 17' 9.19"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 554417   Northing: 5191557    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I16SW

Point Location Description: Trenches

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: North from River Valley 35km to the bridge and intersection to Wawiashkashi Lake at the south end of Manitou Lake. Continue north 7.0km to bush rd on west side of main road. Drive 100m to site.



Exploration History

1956: Noranda Mines Ltd. - DD-2 (660 ft), ground geophysics. 1957-59: R. Cook - DD-3 (205 ft), Str, Tr, mapping. 1963-64: Leger Mines Ltd. - DD-6 (1650 ft). 1975-80: A. Foubert and R. Vaillancourt - DD-1-209 ft


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Clement 0013B1 41I16SW0007 41I16SW0007
Clement 0012A1 41I16SE0020 41I16SE0020
Clement 0011D1 41I16SW0002 41I16SW0002
Clement 0011C1 41I16SW0005 41I16SW0005
Clement 0020 41I16NW0105 41I16NW0105
Clement – 0011A1 41I16NW0104 41I16NW0104
Clement-0016B1 41I16NW0109 41I16NW0109
Clement – 0012D1 41I16SW0008 41I16SW0008
Clement 0013A1 41I16SW0006 41I16SW0006
AFTON-0015-B1 41I16NW0108 41I16NW0108
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
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Andesite Adjacent
Diabase 3 Diabase Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 04, 2009 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of quartzite, intermediate metavolcanics and Nipissing diabase. Highly silicified and carbonatized metavolcanics and quartzites may represent a skarn at depth.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 04, 2009 (A Wilson) - Scattered sulphides are found throughout the quartzite and metavolcanics. Narrow sulphide-rich calcite veins also are found within the quartzite. The zone is reportedly 1300 feet long with lenses up to 20 feet wide. Assays from quartz veins on the property returned up to 0.07 oz/t gold. One grab sample returned 0.04 oz/t Au, 6.25 oz/t Ag and 22.83% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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


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

Publication Number: R170 Scale:     Date: 1977

Author: Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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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