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Record: MDI41P15NE00080

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) V. Knott Property - 1967, Claim MR6061 - 1967
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Cairo

Latitude: 47° 56' 57.06"    Longitude: -80° 38' 3.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 527310   Northing: 5310717    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P15NE

Point Location Description: trench

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: At the junction of highway 65 and 66 continue west on highway 66 toward Matachewan for 2.4km. Proceed on the bush road on the right for 1.1km. Take a small trail on the left hand side toward Knott Lake to site.



Exploration History

circa 1967: V. Knott – trenching, sampling.1988: Comstate Resources Ltd. - mapping


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-0546/ 2.12134 41P15NE8313 41P15NE8313

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - Trace amounts of gold and silver were recovered from a sample of a vein collected by H. Lovell.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R051 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Lovell H.L.

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:


MonoMap - Geological Synthesis Along Highway 66 from Matachewan to Swastika

Publication Number: OFR6177 Scale:     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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