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| Record Name(s) | C.W. Tully - 1959, Goldfields - 1961 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-May-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Holmes
Latitude: 48° 2' 38.63" Longitude: -80° 30' 42.74"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 536381.023 Northing: 5321312.911 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SE
Point Location Description: Approximate
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The claim group is located in the southwest quarter of Holmes township, two miles due north of Holmes Lake. Access is by bush road, for 5 miles north from the Matachewan highway at a point 6 miles east of Matachewan.
1961: Mayman: cleaning out of pits and trenches, rock and soil sampling 1959: Tully, C.W: pitting, trenching and sampling
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Jul 14, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - The quartz vein, ranging in width from 2½ to 7 feet, has been exposed by trenching for about 250 feet. REF: OGS 1966, GR44, P16.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Porphyritic, Fine- To Medium-Grained | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Fine-Grained, White | Contains |
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase | Intrudes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | Disseminated | |||
| 2 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 14, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - A grab sample taken from the fine-grained, white quartz vein by J.C.G. Moore assayed 0.13 percent molybdenum...sampling across 2.4 feet assayed 0.65 percent molybdenum. REF: OGS 1966, GR44, P16. Chip sampling by Tully, C.W. in 1959 returned assays with gold ranging from nil to 0.02 oz/ton. REF: KL 2725, pages 3 to 5.
Jul 14, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - In places, the host rock (syenite porphyry) forms a sheared and silicified zone up to 8 feet wide. Carbonate, where present, is commonly in the central part of the zone and in places reaches a width of 1½ feet. The quartz vein contains some epidote. REF: OGS 1966, GR44, P16.
File - Resident Geologist files KL1003, KL2725, KL2818
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of Holmes-Burt area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R044 Page: 16 Date: 1997
Author: Moore J.C.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 81 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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