Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Matachewan Hub Pioneer Syndicate - 1967, Matachewan Pioneer Syndicate - 1935, Claim HF13 - 1967, Hucliff Porcupine Property - 1967, Claim L650116 - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-May-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Cairo
Latitude: 47° 56' 41.78" Longitude: -80° 37' 33.47"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 527931 Northing: 5310248 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed from the junction of highways 65 and 66, travelling west on highway 66 for 2.4km toward Matachewan. Continue south from highway for 12m. The pit is on top of a high outcrop. P2 is 2.6km from p1. Begin from the same location on highway 66. The site is 30m south of the highway,
1979: Traders Group of Toronto/ Noranda Mines Limited – sampling, 1982-84: Comstate Resources Ltd. – mapping, ground geophysics, geochemistry. 1984-85: Grand Saguenay Mines and Minerals Limited/Comstate Resources Ltd. option – DD-2-996 ft, stripping, mapping, sampling, assays, geochemistry, IP survey. 2003-04: Alexandria Minerals Corporation – airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, IP survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0547/ 2.5740 | 41P15NE8330 | 41P15NE8330 |
| KL-0547/ 16 | 41P15NE8329 | 41P15NE8329 |
| KL-0547/63.4495 | 41P15NE8327 | 41P15NE8327 |
| KL-0547/ 2.9273 | 41P15NE8324 | 41P15NE8324 |
| KL-5191/ 2.25581 | 41P15NE2017 | 41P15NE2017 |
| KL-5310/2.27630 | 41P15NE2019 | 41P15NE2019 |
| KL-0547/2.5704 | 41P15NE8331 | 41P15NE8331 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyolite | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Conglomerate | 3 | Conglomerate, Argillite, Greywacke | Adjacent | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 4 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from the 1984 stripping and trenching program returned assays up to 520 ppm Cu (sample R-15) and up to 360.0 ppm Zn (sample R-7). The highest gold value obtained from the stripping program was 23 ppb Au. The highest gold value obtained from the 1985 Grand Saguenay drilling was 69 ppb Au.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-2312 (2.4973), KL-2981
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 - Geology and ore deposits of the Matachewan-Kenogami area
Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Page: 43 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: 47 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report 288
Publication Number: PV 288 Date: 1901
Author: H.L. Lovell
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 80 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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