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Record: MDI41P15NE00063

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. T. Crang South Property - 1948, Matachwan North Claims - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Powell

Latitude: 47° 58' 30.24"    Longitude: -80° 40' 8.59"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 524699   Northing: 5313582    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: trench

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: A bush road just north of Ryan Lake leads northeasterly from Highway 566 to within 50 ft of post No. 3 of claime 9539. The road is passable for a car/truck to this point.



Exploration History

pre-1948: pitting. 1948-1949: J.G. and J.K. Crang – mapping, dip needle survey, trenching, DD-4-1141 ft. 1969: Matachewan Consolidated Mines Ltd. – EM survey. 1986: McChip Resources Inc. – prospecting, trenching, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.2726 41P15NE8268 41P15NE8268
KL-0600/63A.54/41P15NE8289 20000004998 20000004998
KL-1799/63.4986 41P15NE8235 41P15NE8235
2.17373 41P15NE0029 41P15NE0029

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Hanging Wall
Syenite 3 Adjacent
Vein 4 Quartz Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - A number of pieces of rhyolite float were found on line 2+00E and 23+00 N.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue
SilicaAlterationSilicification1UnknownVeins

Mineralization Comments

Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - Most of the test pits put down on the property were at the southern edge. The best assay from grab samples was only 0.005 oz/t Au. A grab sample from pit No. 5 returned an assay of 0.06% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

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: 220  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: G0684  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

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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

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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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