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Record: MDI41P09SE00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Munroe Lake - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Dec-22
Date Last Modified 2023-Apr-04
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Speight

Latitude: 47° 33' 12.15"    Longitude: -80° 11' 50.25"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 560393.334   Northing: 5266973.798    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P09SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1969: samples taken by the Ontario Division of Mines. 1970: Castlebar Silver & Cobalt Mines Ltd. carried out trenching and geological mapping. 1971: Castlebar Silver & Cobalt Mines Ltd. completed 3 diamond drill holes totaling 220 ft. 2005: Cntact Diamond Corp. completed line-cutting and airborne geophysical surveys (magnetometer).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO-1947 / 2.174 41P09SE0605 41P09SE0605
CO-1947 / 2.175 41P09SE0606 41P09SE0606
11 41P09SE0604 41P09SE0604
CO-3051 / 2.32369 20000001368 20000001368



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2GalenaEconomicOre
4SilverEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 04, 2023 (Q Unknown) - The deposit consists of a 2-4 inch wide calcite vein that strikes N35E and dips 75NW with a coarst-grained gabbro. Chalcopyrite and pyrite are visible within the vein. Two samples taken in 1969 by the Ontario Division of Mines returned 130 oz/ton Ag, 0.07% Cu and trace Ni and Co. The second sample returned 349.6 oz/ton Ag, 0.20% Co, 0.19% Cu, and trace Ni.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - AFCO 1970, CASTLEBAR SILVER & COB

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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MonoMap - Geology of the Maple Mountain area, districts of Timiskaming, Nipissing and Sudbury

Publication Number: R106 Page: 79-80  Date: 1973

Author: Card K.D., McIlwaine W.H., Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 61  Date: 1985

Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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