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| Record Name(s) | Plaunt and Cummings Property - 1936, Claim MR6170 - 1936 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Powell
Latitude: 47° 57' 20.56" Longitude: -80° 41' 37.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 522867 Northing: 5311423.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible via highway 566 north from Mattachewan.
1936: Plaunt and Cummings/Geophysics Exploration Ltd. – pitting, stripping, sampling, ground magnetometer survey. 1970: Richland Resources Limited – IP, ground magnetometer surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Kl-2362/2.86 | 41P15NE8286 | 41P15NE8286 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Host | ||
| Sandy Conglomerate | 3 | Arkose, Conglomerate | Contains |
Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - The shear zone is 9 feet wide and has a strike of N85E. The main shear is 30 inches wide and is filled with siliceous and heavily sulphide rich material. The vein occurs at the contact between a syenite porphyry dike and arkosic metasediments. The metasediments display significant pyrite and have been highly silicified.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - Assays from quartz samples collected on claim 6170 returned assays ranging from $0.40 to $10.12 gold. The four best assays from pit 1 assayed $10.12 Au over 18 inches, $5.77 Au over 15 inches, $6.12 Au in a grab sample and $4.34 Au in additional grabs from pit 1. Samples of vein material assayed from 0.13 oz. /t to 0.26 oz. /t Au; samples of metasediments assayed 0.02 oz. /t Au.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2282
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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: 221 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0687 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Powell Township
Publication Number: P3577 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2006
Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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:
Article - General Geology of Powell Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: OFR6172.005 Page: 5.1-5.10 Date: 2005
Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border
Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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