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| Record Name(s) | Fort Matachewan Gold Mining Syndicate - 1935, Crang Claims Group 3 - 1948, Claim MR9508 - 1948, Plumber Prospect - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Cairo
Latitude: 47° 59' 3.35" Longitude: -80° 38' 11.91"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 527113 Northing: 5314615 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: grab samples from north boundary of patented claim MR9508
1935: Fort Matachewan Gold Mining Syndicate and Erie Canadian Mines - stripping, sampling. 1948: J.G. Crang - mapping, 2 DD. 1975: Majestic Wylie Contractors Ltd. - mapping, geochemical survey. 1986: McGarry Minerals Inc. - geochemical sampling, ground geophysics, mapping. 1990: Inco Exploration and Technical Services - mapping, sampling 2006-2007: Golden Valley Mines Ltd. - IP survey, magnetic survey, DD-4-453 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.31959 | 20000001272 | 20000001272 |
| 2.1986 | 42A02SE0280 | 42A02SE0280 |
| 2.14122 | 42A02SE0102 | 42A02SE0102 |
| KL-6124/2.4012 | 20000004012 | 20000004012 |
| KL-5577/2.31959 | 20000001272 | 20000001272 |
| KL-1811/2.10017 | 41P15NE8319 | 41P15NE8319 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Brecciated | Contains |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Conglomerate | 3 | Contains | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Amphibolitic | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 18, 2015 (A Wilson) - Chip samples collected from the southern part of claim MR9508 returned $1.20 Au. Two additional grab samples from the same site returned $1.20 Au and trace gold. A grab sample of the porphyry-greenstone contact, gave an assay of 0.06 oz/t Au. Diamond drilling conducted by Golden Valley Mines returned assays ranging from 0.101 g/t Au to 1.905 g/t Au. DDH GP 07-01 returned 7.68 g/t Au in brecciated intermediate metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0600, KL-0875
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Author:
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Page: 48 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Matachewan gold area, townships of Powell and Cairo, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44A Scale: 1:24,000 Date: 1997
Author: Dyer W.S., Charlewood G.H.
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: 220 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
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:
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