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Record: MDI41P15NE00047

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Welsh Occurrence - 1948, West Kirkland Property - 1996
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Apr-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Flavelle

Latitude: 48° 0' 11.02"    Longitude: -80° 30' 17.5"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 536933   Northing: 5316759    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: Pit

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1946: S. Welsh – prospecting. 1949: Chavigny Gold Mines Ltd. – stripping, trenching, DD-1-650 ft. 1975: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. – mapping. 1976: G.S. Welsh – ground geophysics. 1996-97: Inmet Mines Corp. – mapping, sampling, ground geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-2047 / 42A01SW8372 42A01SW8372 42A01SW8372
KL-4091 / 42A02SE0044 42A02SE0044 42A02SE0044
KL-4092 / 42A01SW0017 42A01SW0017 42A01SW0017
KL-4287 / 42A02SE0056 42A02SE0056 42A02SE0056
KL-4342 / 41P15NE2003 41P15NE2003 41P15NE2003

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
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 28, 2012 (A Wilson) - The quartz veins strike northwest and dip vertically, and vary in width from 6 inches to 2 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3GalenaEconomicGangue
4TourmalineEconomicGangue
5ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jun 28, 2012 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Chavigny Gold Mines Ltd. assayed values ranging from 0.01 to 0.06 oz/t Au. A picked sample collected by the ODM from a small pit on the southern part of the property assayed 0.03 oz/t Au, 25.43 oz/t Ag, 8.83% Pb, 1.88% Cu and 0.10% Zn. Grab samples collected from four of the veins by Wright Hargreaves Mining Co in 1946 assayed: $0.35 to $2.10 Au; 0.98 to 30.16 oz Ag; nil to 17.0% Pb and 3.05% Cu from a picked sample



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-0480, KL-2822

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Flavelle-Sharpe area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0264 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

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: 200  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: G0362  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

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:


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:


MonoMap - Geology of Holmes-Burt area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R044 Date: 1997

Author: Moore J.C.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Holmes-Burt area, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2078 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Moore J.C.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Matachewan-Kenogami area

Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Page: 51-52  Date: 1998

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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