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Record: MDI41P11NE00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) C.W. Brunet - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-17
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver



Location

Township or Area: MacMurchy

Latitude: 47° 38' 11.68"    Longitude: -81° 5' 1.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 493713   Northing: 5275912    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P11NE

Point Location Description: Pit on Netherton Vein, 550m E of N end of Ragen L. (Map 2365)

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 1 Shear Zone Contains
Vein 2 quartz-carbonate Contains
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 3

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2BorniteEconomicOre
10GoldEconomicOre
15PyriteEconomicOre
20TellurideEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 17, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Grouping: includes following 4 veins - Netherton, Blacksmith, North, Copper. Au occurrence cluster: 3 km NS by 600 m EW. In the north central part of the claims a quartz-carbonate vein which contains massive sections of chalcopyrite and bornite strikes 50 degrees and dips 75 degrees, occurs in rhyolite and although two pits have been sunk on it, it is not exposed enough to properly assess it. A sample taken from the vein assayed 6.11% Cu across 32 in. (Raylloyd Mines and Explorations Ltd., 1967).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-1495, CO-1511, CO-1515, CO-1527

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Macmurchy and Tyrrell townships, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts

Publication Number: M2365 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1977

Author: Carter M.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Book - EMR, 1971 41P/11 Cu 5 (east group)

Publication Number: NMI Date: 1996

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MonoMap - Geology of Macmurchy and Tyrrell townships, districts of Sudbury and Timiskaming

Publication Number: R152 Page: 38-39  Date: 1977

Author: Carter M.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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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: 109  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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