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Record: MDI41P15NE00070

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Margo Mines Property - 1935, DeMarco Claims - 1953, R. Ferguson Property - 1957, Mr21028 - 1953, G. Landry Property - 1984, Hanson Property - 1966
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-16
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Cairo

Latitude: 47° 57' 53.39"    Longitude: -80° 36' 7.06"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 529712   Northing: 5312468    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: trench

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Travel east of the junction of hwys 65 and 66 for 0.4km. Turn left on Matachewan Indian Reserve Road and continue for 1.1km. Take a right turn and proceed 100m on new logging to the site at the south end of a trench.



Exploration History

circa 1953: trenching. 1956: F. Kaltwasser for R. Ferguson – trenching, sampling, EM survey. 1966: Midrim Mining Ltd. – EM survey. 1984: G. Landry – trenching. 1987-90: Consolidated NRD Resources Ltd/Battleford Resources Ltd. – mapping, sampling, ground geophysics, geochemistry, DD-2-515 ft. 2009-2011: Pro Minerals Inc. – trenching, sampling, airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-0565/ 2.10865 20000004999 20000004999
KL-0565/ 22 41P15NE8299 41P15NE8299
KL-6496/2.48480 20000006455 20000006455
KL-6335/2.45136 20000004816 20000004816
KL-1864/63.1909 20000004997 20000004997
KL-0565/2.10706 41P15NE8317 41P15NE8317
KL-0840, 63.855 41P15NE8367 41P15NE8367

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Porphyrytic Host
Vein 2 Quartz-Carbonate Contains
Conglomerate 3 Conglomerate Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - A series of irregular blow-outs of quartz and calcite were observed in the walls of a trench blasted within the porphyritic syenite. The largest quartz-calcite blow-out was exposed in the west wall of the trench near the south end. It was about 3 feet wide and had a strike of N80E with a dip of 70°S.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
3GalenaEconomicOre
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1FluoriteEconomicGangue
2CalciteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - The irregular pockets of quartz-calcite contain blebs and stringers of galena and chalcopyrite which are occasionally concentrated enough that high-grade hand specimens can be collected. Grab samples collected by Ferguson returned 0.70 oz /t Au, 77.12 oz./t Ag, 1.51% Cu and 75.20% Pub; 1.05 oz./t Au, 2.44% Cu and 14.43% Pub. Chip samples collected by Kaltwasser returned: 1.75 oz/t Au, 10.09 oz/t Ag, 2.25% Cu and 11.08% Pb; 0.70 oz/t Au, 2.27 oz/t Ag, 0.16% Cu and 2.36% Pb. Assays from the sampling completed by Pro Minerals included:0.25 g/t Au, 785 g/t Ag, 11.35% Cu and 22.5%Pb; :0.40 g/t Au, 746 g/t Ag, 0.57% Cu and 21.25% Pb.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-0658, KL-1567, KL-2739

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:


Map - Matachewan gold area, townships of Powell and Cairo, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM44A Scale: 1:24,000    Date: 1997

Author: Dyer W.S., Charlewood G.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Page: 43-44  Date: 1998

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 376  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

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: 195  Date: 1979

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file

Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0368  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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:


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:


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:


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