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| Record Name(s) | Queenston-Strike - 1991, Willy Option - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Robertson
Latitude: 48° 8' 45.81" Longitude: -80° 44' 22.65"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 519367.999 Northing: 5332567.029 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02NE
Point Location Description: Approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is accessible by four-wheel drive vehicle during the summer months, over a very rough road leading north through the Matachewan Indian Reserve. The distance is approximately 12 miles from the Reserve. Access during the winter months is by a snowmobile over the same road. The property is about 51 road miles from Kirkland Lake.
Dec. 1990-Feb. 1991: Queenston Mining Inc/Strike Minerals Inc: surface and borehole pulse EM surveys; 4430 ft of diamond drilling 1989: Cominco Ltd: ground magnetic and horizontal loop electromagnetic surveys Oct 29-Nov 2, 1977: Imperial Oil Ltd:- diamond drilling of one AQ core size hole to 337 ft depth 1976: Imperial Oil Ltd: ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys 1974: Ontario Division of Mines: airborne geophysical survey 1961: Ventures Ltd: regional geological mapping
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL2998 | 42A02NE0018 | 42A02NE0018 |
| KL2949 | 42A02NE0012 | 42A02NE0012 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: L. Greenschist
Apr 07, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - A north-striking fault splaying off of the regional Montreal River fault lies immediately west of the property. REF: Report by W.J. McGuinty (dated January, 1991) in KL 2949, page 14.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basaltic | Pillowed, Tuffaceous, |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic Tuff | 2 | Rhyolitic | Tuffaceous, Interbedded With Mafic Volcanics | Contains |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Cherty | Tuffaceous, Weak To Moderate Lamination, Foliated | Contains |
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 4 | Feldspar Porphyritic, Felsite, Granitic Dykes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 07, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - The 1991 diamond drilling program returned assay values including 0.007 % Cu and nil Zn over 50 ft; 0.047 % Cu and 0.556 % Zn over 10 feet; 0.287 % Cu and 0.081 % Zn over 22.3 ft. REF: KL 2949, page 35. Pyrite shows habits of fine-grained, disseminated and massive to semi-massive. Chalcopyrite is fine-grained and occurs in stringers. Sphalerite occur as blebs and in stringers.
Apr 07, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - Silicification, chloritization and hematization noted in the core logs.
File - Resident Geologist file KL1247
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Kirkland Lake data series, Robertson Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0881 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Ploeger F.R., Grabowski G.P.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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