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Record: MDI41P01SE00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) W.L. Lahay Property - 1952, Island 1104 - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Joan

Latitude: 47° 0' 46.39"    Longitude: -80° 5' 43.58"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 568753   Northing: 5206993    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P01SE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: By air from Temagami.



Exploration History

Circa 1898: pitting, trenching.


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz-Carbonate Host
Diabase 2 Diabase Footwall
Sandstone 3 Greywacke Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 14, 2012 (A Wilson) - The vein is up to 8 feet in width.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 14, 2012 (A Wilson) - Selected grab samples collected from the muck pile by W.L. Lahay returned 0.17 dwt Au and 0.25% Cu; 0.17 dwt Au, 0.11 oz/t Ag, 1.15% Cu; and 0.08% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-1284

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Publication - Report on the geology and natural resources of the area included by the Nipissing and Timiskaming map-sheets, comprising portions of the District of Nipissing, Ontario, and of the County of Pontiac, Quebec; GSC Separate Report no. 962

Publication Number: GSC Sep Rep 962 Date: 1908

Author: Barlow, A E; Ami, H M

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/225770


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 209  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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:


MonoMap - Geology of northwestern Timagami area, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: R028 Date: 1997

Author: Simony P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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