Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI41P15NE00009
| Record Name(s) | W.S. Dyer - 1935, Morrison Lake Occurrence - 1935, Bloom Lake Consolidated Mines Ltd. Cairo Group - 1935, Dominion Gulf Group 3 - 1952, East Cairo Property - 1979, Stan Welsh Property - 1976 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-May-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Cairo
Latitude: 47° 58' .65" Longitude: -80° 33' 19.8"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 533179 Northing: 5312711 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole collar
Location Method: Data Compilation
1925: trenching, test pitting. 1952: Dominion Gulf Company Ltd. - mapping, ground magnetometer survey, trenching, stripping, DD-2-1340 ft. 1976: G.S. Welsh - ground geophysics. 1979-80: Newmont Exploration of Canada Limited - ground geophysics. 1985: Falconbridge Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1991: Biralger Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1996: Inmet Mining Corporation: IP survey, ground magnetic survey.1999: F. Kienicki - trenching, sampling. 2008: J. Rapski - stripping, sampling, assays. 2008-2012: West Kirkland Mining - stripping, sampling, assays, mapping, prospecting. 2011: Pro Minerals Inc. - airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8706 | 41P15NE8325 | 41P15NE8325 |
| 2.14220 | 42A02SE0101 | 42A02SE0101 |
| 2.51748 | 20000007191 | 20000007191 |
| KL-2822/2.2061 | 42A02SE0266 | 42A02SE0266 |
| KL-4161/2.16809 | 42A01SW0015 | 42A01SW0015 |
| KL-6496/2.48480 | 20000006455 | 20000006455 |
| KL-6034/2.39482 | 20000003331 | 20000003331 |
| KL-6728/2.53370 | 20000008573 | 20000008573 |
| KL-6663/ 2.51748 | 20000007191 | 20000007191 |
| KL-4843/2.20520 | 41P15NE2014 | 41P15NE2014 |
| KL-1990/ 2.3727 | 41P15NE8337 | 41P15NE8337 |
| KL-0713/41P15NE8368, 63.263 | 20000005000 | 20000005000 |
| 63A.151, KL-0713 | 41P15NE8369 | 41P15NE8369 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Brecciated, Tuff | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syenite | 2 | Porphyrytic | Contains | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - A 250 ft. shear zone is located along the contact between Keewatin metavolcanics and a large body of syenite porphyry. The shear zone has a width of 100 ft. and strikes N70E. The rocks have been partially silicified and mineralized with disseminated pyrite. The sedimentary rocks south of Morrison Lake have been brecciated and silicified.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Silica | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - Narrow quartz veins carry a little pyrite and chalcopyrite. Assay values up to 0.10 oz/t Au have been recovered from the property.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
Map - Powell and Cairo townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2110 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Matachewan-Kenogami area
Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Page: 43-44 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Page: 49-50 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
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: 195 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: 195 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0367 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Highway 66 Area, Swastika to Matachewan
Publication Number: M2677 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2006
Author: Berger B.R., Pigeon L., Leblanc G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geological Synthesis Along Highway 66 from Matachewan to Swastika
Publication Number: OFR6177 Date: 2006
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist District Office