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| Record Name(s) | H. Willets Property - 1955, Dwight Winter Copper Claims - 1924, Claim E89 - 1966, Claim EB2 - 1924 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron, Copper, Gold
Township or Area: Cairo
Latitude: 47° 58' 23.04" Longitude: -80° 38' 28.36"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 526778 Northing: 5313369 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel by boat is required from the Matachewan Site. The site is above Woman Rapids on the east shore.
1955: O.G. Seymour - prospecting, sampling
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase | Intrudes |
Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - A pit has been sunk in a zone of 5 or 6 individual between 6 and 18 inches in width, over a width of approximately 40 ft. quartz stringers between the diabase dike and the riverbank.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 20, 2015 (A Wilson) - Samples collected in 1955 returned assays of 18.9% Fe, 0.04% Cu and 0.025 oz/t Au. Small amounts of galena, sphalerite and silver also have been observed.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2983
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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: 47 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
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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