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Record: MDI41P15NE00064

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Nautilus Occurrence - 1972
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-16
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Powell

Latitude: 47° 59' 51.18"    Longitude: -80° 46' 56.34"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 516239   Northing: 5316051    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: Pit in Powell tp.

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

circa 1930: pitting and trenching. 1972-73: Nautilus Explorations Limited – EM survey, magnetometer survey, mapping, DD-4-1057 ft. 1991: Leahy and Kiernicki - sampling, stripping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-1952/ 18 42A03SE0324 42A03SE0324
KL-1952/ 63.3123 42A02SW0319 42A02SW0319
KL-1952/ 2.1053 42A02SW0397 42A02SW0397
63.2989 42A03SE0322 42A03SE0322
63.5458 42A02SW8503 42A02SW8503
63.5704 42A15NW8231 42A15NW8231
OP91-173 31M13NW0007 31M13NW0007
OP92-444 42A02SE0037 42A02SE0037
OP92-325 42A02SE0030 42A02SE0030

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic pillowed flow 1 Pillowed, Sheared Adjacent
Syenite 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Apr 28, 2015 (A Wilson) - Two small exposures of a highly carbonated shear zone were observed in the north-west corner of claim 329549. The shear zone strikes N70E and dips vertically to steep south. The rock is silicified.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2SpeculariteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4MagnetiteEconomicGangue
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization1UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Apr 28, 2015 (A Wilson) - A few specks of gold were observed, but they returned only low gold content. The highest assays of 0.005 ozt Au were recovered from 7 ft sections of syenite. Best assays returned values ranging from 1426 ppb Au to 4505 ppb Au.



Mineral Record Details

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: 221  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 KL #409

Publication Number: PV-409 Date: 1901

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


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

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

Location:


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:


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