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Record: MDI42A02SE00037

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Geraldine - 1966
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-May-22
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Holmes

Latitude: 48° 2' 13.59"    Longitude: -80° 30' 26.08"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 536730.997   Northing: 5320541.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A02SE

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1957: Triana Exploration Ltd: investigated mineral occurrence to geological structure




Geology Comments

Jul 16, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - Trenching has exposed, in syenite porphyry, a fractured zone about 4 feet wide that is mineralized with veinlets of quartz, disseminated pyrite, and traces of chalcopyrite. REF: REF: OGS 1966, GR 44, Page 13-14.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Host
Vein 2 Quartz Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangueDisseminated
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jul 16, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - A grab sample of the syenite taken by J.C.G. Moore assayed 0.10 oz of gold per ton and 0.79 % copper. REF: OGS 1966, GR 44, Page 13-14.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL2718

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


MonoMap - Geology of Holmes-Burt area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R044 Page: 13-14  Date: 1997

Author: Moore J.C.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 205  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 378  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file

Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0355  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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