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Record: MDI41P14NE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A & B Zones - 1963, Riocanex Ltd. - 1963
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Apr-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Midlothian

Latitude: 47° 55' .11"    Longitude: -81° 1' 36.7"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 497992.999   Northing: 5307042.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P14NE

Point Location Description: Au showing north of Holbrooke Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1962: Stairs Exploration and Mining Company Limited - DD-5. 1963: Riocanex Limited - stripping, trenching, sampling, mapping, DD-1. 2008: Explor Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-6058 20000003612 20000003612
KL-6259 20000004328 20000004328
63.1224 41P14NE0036 41P14NE0036

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Sheared Host
Conglomerate 2 Conglomerate Sheared Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2CarbonateEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 29, 2011 (A Wilson) - Stairs Exploration and mining reported assays averaging 0.53 oz/t Au over an 8 foot core length. There are two zones of mineralization on the property. The A zone is approximately 400 feet long by 300 feet wide. The B Zone was located 300 feet south of the A Zone. This zone contains a 25 foot by 6 foot quartz lense. The best gold assays reported from this location were 0.01 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-2369

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Midlothian Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0386 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Halliday and Midlothian townships, districts of Sudbury and Timiskaming

Publication Number: R079 Page: 23  Date: 1970

Author: Bright E.G.

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 Page: 158  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file

Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0707  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Halliday and Midlothian townships, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts

Publication Number: M2187 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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