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Record: MDI41O01NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. A. McClaskey Property - 1955, Premier Exploration Sample 6332 - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: McPhail

Latitude: 47° 9' 45.17"    Longitude: -82° 12' 49.06"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 408014   Northing: 5223941.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41O01NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1955: J. A. McClasky - trenching. 1980: N. Ruttan - pitting. 1984: Premier Explorations Inc.. - trenching, sampling mapping


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
MCPHAIL-0010 41O01NW0001 41O01NW0001



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Adjacent
Vein 2 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
HematiteAlterationHematization1
MalachiteAlteration2

Mineralization Comments

Dec 08, 2009 (A Wilson) - A chip sample collected by Premier Exploration returned 0.42 oz/t Au over 12 feet. Grab sample 6336 returned 0.024 oz/t Au and 0.15 oz/t Ag. A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1962 returned 0.12 oz/t Au. A spectrographic analysis of this sample returned Cu 1%, Pb tr, Mg, tr, Ni, tr, Ti low.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Geological compilation series, Rocky Island Lake-Biscotasing sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0237 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Opeepeesway-Rocky Island lakes sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0675 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Biscotasing area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R007 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Rogers D.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Biscotasing area, District of Sudbury, Ontario

Publication Number: M2013 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Rogers D.P.

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

Location:


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