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Record: MDI41P14NE00039

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sylvanite Showing - 1944
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-09
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Montrose

Latitude: 47° 56' 54.18"    Longitude: -81° 3' 44.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 495345   Northing: 5310565    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P14NE

Point Location Description: trenches

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description:



Exploration History

1944: Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. – trenching, sampling. 1984: Kidd Creek Mines Ltd.- airborne geophysics, compilation. 1991: Trinity Exploration – airborne geophysics. 1992: M. Dyment- sampling, prospecting


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.14708 41P14NE0202 41P14NE0202
OP92-004 41P14NE0030 41P14NE0030
2.14066 41P14NE0204 41P14NE0204
KL-1405/2.14736 41P15NW0666 41P15NW0666

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Schistose Contains
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization1MediumVeins
QuartzAlterationSilicification2MediumVeins

Mineralization Comments

Oct 09, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from the trench in 1943 and 1944 returned assays of 3.2 dwt Au, 2.20 dwt Au and 1.6 dwt Au. Grab samples collected from a trench in 1992 returned 20 ppb Au, 0.021% Cu and 0.012% Ni;



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-1237, KL-2754

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Part - Bannockburn gold area

Publication Number: ARV41-02.001 Page: 21  Date: 1998

Author: Rickaby H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Article - Geology of Montrose, Bannockburn and Powell Townships, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: MP164.009 Page: 37-40  Date: 1995

Author: Jensen L.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of Montrose Township

Publication Number: P3354 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1996

Author: Jensen L.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Bannockburn and Montrose Townships

Publication Number: P3576 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2006

Author: Préfontaine S., Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2003

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Bannockburn gold area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM41A Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1997

Author: Rickaby H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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