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Record: MDI41P15NE00042

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Biralger DDH 91-1 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1995-May-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Cairo

Latitude: 47° 58' 49.33"    Longitude: -80° 32' 6.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 534698   Northing: 5314222.89    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole C-91-1.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Paved Highway 66 to Kirkland Lake crosses the southeastern corner of the Property on claims 859205, 859204, 859240, 1132183, and 1132182. The Property is well accessed by logging roads.



Exploration History

1951-52: Dominion Gulf Company – mapping, ground magnetometer, trenching, stripping. 1990-91: Biralger Resources Ltd. – magnetometer, VLF surveys, mapping, DD-1- 182.5 m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-0226/ 2.15058 41P15NE8702 41P15NE8702
OMIP 90-004 41P15NE8296 41P15NE8296
KL-0713/ 63A.151 41P15NE8369 41P15NE8369
KL-0713/63.263 20000005000 20000005000
KL-0226/ 23 41P15NE8306 41P15NE8306

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Porphyrytic Contains
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Massive, Pillowed And Tuffaceous Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected 150 m of syenite which changes from porphyritic syenite, to augite syenite to brecciated syenite. The drill hole terminated in mafic lapilli tuff and pillowed mafic metavolcanics.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3MagnetiteEconomicGangue
4FluoriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - A 1.75 m section of core between 17.9 and 19.7 m assayed 3230 ppm Cu, 1.1 ppm Ag and 45 ppb Au. The underlying 1.1 m interval assayed 2590 ppm Cu, 1.3 ppm Ag and 40 ppb Au.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R051 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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 - Geological Synthesis Along Highway 66 from Matachewan to Swastika

Publication Number: OFR6177 Scale:     Date: 2006

Author: Berger B.R.

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:


Publication - Copper-Molybdenum Occurrences of the Matachewan Area, Ontario; Current research part A; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 79-1A

Publication Number: Paper 79-1A Scale:     Date: 1979

Author: Sinclair, W.D.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104855


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