Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Craig Claims - 1912, E. Graig Estate - 1912, Claim16228 - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Apr-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead, Silver
Township or Area: Cairo
Latitude: 47° 59' 22.11" Longitude: -80° 35' 22.38"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 530624 Northing: 5315212 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: shaft on claim 16228
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Travel 0.4km on hwy 66 east from the junction of hwys 66 and 65 east of Matachewan. Turn left onto Matachewan Indian Reserve road and continue for 3.8km. Make a right turn onto a bush road, travelling east for 0.8km. Proceed left at the junction for 0.5km and stay right for another 1.2km. Continue right for 0.5km to the end of the road. Cameroon Lake will be in view, looking south from the rock cut, walk 300m to Cameroon lake to the east shore and continue south for 120m.
1909: stripping, test-pitting and sinking of 2 shafts to a depth of 25 feet each by persons unknown. 1912: E Craig and A. Cameron – exploration, trenching, 60 ft shaft .2011: Pro Minerals Inc.- airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL-6496/ 2.48480 | 20000006455 | 20000006455 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Jan 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - A 150 ft wide quartz vein strikes to the north within a brecciated and silicified syenite. The vein consists of quartz and silicified and brecciated syenite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - A 60 foot shaft has been sunk on the vein with short drifts along the vein. An ODM report for 1909 indicates that stripping, test-pitting and sinking of 2 shafts to a depth of 25 ft took place on the property. Fine visible gold was reported from the shaft sunk on the vein.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-0599
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
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:
Part - The Matachewan gold area
Publication Number: ARV27-01.008 Page: 231 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau 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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 376 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
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:
Map - Matachewan gold area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARM27A Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0366 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report 287
Publication Number: PV 287 Date: 1901
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Ontario gold deposits, their character, distribution and productiveness
Publication Number: ARV30-02 Page: 11 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Matachewan-Kenogami area
Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
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:
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:
Map - Cairo Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0273 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV18-01.002 Page: 132 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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