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Record: MDI41P15NE00078

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) H.Talbot Property-1 - 1935, Hudson Bay Claim 14481 - 1966, Jacaranda Gold Mines Ltd. Property - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-16
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
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Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Cairo

Latitude: 47° 58' 32"    Longitude: -80° 38' 13.87"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 527077   Northing: 5313647    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: Cu symbol near Lower Matachewan Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1953: Jacaranda Gold Mines Ltd. – DD-1


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Cobalt Conglomerate Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - The rock exposed on the surface is a basal conglomerate consisting of subangular pebbles and boulders of andesitic lava in a quartzite matrix.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - Chalcopyrite is rare in the drill core. Irregular blebs and dissemination of pyrite and pyrrhotite were ovserved within the core. Occasional three foot sections of the core contain up to 25% sulphides. Assays indicate that the pyrrhotite does not carry any nickel values.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-1293

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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 377  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Date: 1998

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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MonoMap - Geological Synthesis Along Highway 66 from Matachewan to Swastika

Publication Number: OFR6177 Date: 2006

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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