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| Record Name(s) | Fort Matachewan North - 1948, Crang Claims Group 2 - 1948, Claim MR10150 - 1935 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Lead
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Cairo
Latitude: 47° 59' 30.71" Longitude: -80° 38' 42.17"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 526482 Northing: 5315456.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access to the property is good, either by an old logging road or via the Montreal River by boat.
1935: Sylvanite Mines Ltd. – prospecting, sampling. 1948-49: J. Crang et al – mapping, DD-2.stripping, trenching. 1986: McGarry Minerals Inc. – ground magnetometer survey, EM survey, mapping, humus sampling. 2006: Golden Valley Mines Ltd. – ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.10017 | 41P15NE8319 | 41P15NE8319 |
| 2.31959 | 20000001272 | 20000001272 |
| KL-1811/ 2.9324 | 41P15NE8322 | 41P15NE8322 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic Tuff | 1 | Tuff, Lapilli Tuff | Contains |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Amphibolitic | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - Pyrite and galena are contained within a quartz vein. Grab samples collected by McGarry Minerals from pyritized bands returned low precious metals values averaging between 30 and 70 ppb Au.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0600, KL-0875
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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
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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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Page: 48 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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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