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Record: MDI41P15NE00065

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pacific Comox Resources Ltd - 1997, North Powell - 1979, H. King - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-16
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Powell

Latitude: 47° 59' 42"    Longitude: -80° 41' 25.34"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 523099   Northing: 5315791    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: Pits

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of bush roads north of Matachewan.



Exploration History

1975: H. King – stripping, pitting, sampling 2009-2013: Pacific Comox Resources Ltd. – stripping, channel sampling, assays


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-6870/2.53531 20000008759 20000008759
KL-6581/2.49423 20000006838 20000006838
2.42547 20000000285 20000000285

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Feldspar Porphyritic Host
Vein 2 Quartz Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicGangue
3FluoriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected from this site returned assays of 0.025 oz. /t Au, 0.04 oz. /t Au and 0.02 oz. /t Au. The best assays from the 2009 sampling returned 0.03 g/t Au, 17.2 g/t Ag, 0.273% Cu and and 0.139% Mo.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-1425

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R051 Page: 45  Date: 1967

Author: Lovell H.L.

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: 221  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Mineral resources and mining properties in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake area

Publication Number: MDC003 Page: 80  Date: 1964

Author: Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Matachewan-Kenogami area

Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Page: 31-36  Date: 1998

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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:


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:


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

Location:


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:


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