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Record: MDI41P14NE00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Slipper Lake Zone - 1970, Stairs Exploration and Development - 1970, Mr2662 - 1967, Greater Temagami DDH S-6 - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-16
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Midlothian

Latitude: 47° 54' 32.02"    Longitude: -81° 3' 35.49"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 495526.999   Northing: 5306175.997    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P14NE

Point Location Description: drill hole S-6 south of Slipper Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1944-45: Sherwood Gold Mines Limited - prospecting, sampling. 1963: Rio Tinto Canada Exploration Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping 1981: Regal Goldfields Ltd. and Stairs Development and Exploration - airborne geophysics. 1987: Greater Temagami Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, DD-1. 2008: Explor Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-2550 63.1224 41P14NE0036 41P14NE0036
KL-2550 12 41P14NE0121 41P14NE0121
KL-2550 41P14NE0123 41P14NE0123
KL-2550 41P14NE0124 41P14NE0124
KL-1015 41P14NE0002 41P14NE0002
KL-1015 41P14NE0003 41P14NE0003
KL-1015, 63.5215 41P14NE0004 41P14NE0004
KL-1015 41P14NE0005 41P14NE0005
KL-1015 41P14NE0007 41P14NE0007
KL-1015, 63.5024 41P14NE0008 41P14NE0008
KL-1015 41P14NE0010 41P14NE0010
KL-1015 41P14NE0011 41P14NE0011
KL-1015 41P14NE0013 41P14NE0013
KL-1015 41P14NE0015 41P14NE0015
KL-6058 20000003612 20000003612
KL-1015 2.12825 41P14NE0001 41P14NE0001
KL-2550, 2.4244 41P14NE0012 41P14NE0012

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Conglomerate 1 Conglomerate Sheared Contains
Sandstone 2 Grewacke Sheared Contains
Vein 3 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 28, 2011 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling by Greater Temagami Mines Ltd. intersected a sequence of metasediments. The metasedimentary sequence is largely conglomerate with moderate amounts of greywacke and argillite. Zones of moderate foliation are accompanied by weak to moderate sericite/fuchsite alteration.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 28, 2011 (A Wilson) - Abundant quartz veining with scattered gold values was seen in the holes near Slipper Lake. The best assays were in hole G-42 which ran 0.189oz. Au/T over 3.6 ft. in a quartz vein below the sedimentary-volcanic contact in rhyolite lapilli tuff.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-2490

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: 27  Date: 1970

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Township of Midlothian, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: M1947-04 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Marshall H.I.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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