Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42A02SW00049
| Record Name(s) | Witherspoon - 1951, Waterhole - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-May-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel, Zinc
Township or Area: Argyle
Latitude: 48° 6' .24" Longitude: -80° 49' 15.2"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 513334.969 Northing: 5327438.022 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access can be had by motor road from Matachewan to the central part of Argyle Township, then by a tractor road for about three miles to a cabin, known as Kell's Camp, located at the east central part of the property. Access can also be had by boat from Matachewan up the Montreal River to the head of Matachewan Lake where a bush trail leads westward for about four miles to the Kell's camp.
1997: Kalahari Resources Inc: geophysical surveys (IP, EM and MAG) 1992: Trinity Explorations: ground magnetic and VLF-EM surveys, prospecting, geological mapping and sampling 1951-2: Hoyle Mining Company: diamond drilling 1951: Hugh M. Kell and B.W. Lang: ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys 1947: Anglo-Huronian and Noranda Mines: examination of the property 1932: H. C. Rickaby: geological mapping
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.268, KL-1352 | 42A02NW0087 | 42A02NW0087 |
| 2.15271 | 42A02SW9700 | 42A02SW9700 |
| 2.18041 | 42A02SW2001 | 42A02SW2001 |
| 2.17394 | 42A02SW0041 | 42A02SW0041 |
| 2.18456 | 42A02SW2004 | 42A02SW2004 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalts And Andesites | Coarse-Grained | Host |
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| Diorite | 2 | Diorite | Coarse-Grained | Host |
| Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 4 | Chloritic And Talcose Dyke | Contains | |
| Dunite | 5 | Dunite | Altered, Coarse-Grained |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
May 10, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - Grab sample from a small massive sulphide lens occurring in a talcose mafic dyke cutting diorite breccia assayed 0.14 oz/t Au, and 3.82 oz/t silver. REF: OGS 1979, MDC 18, page 187. A grab sample of massive sulphide collected from a pit on the property assayed 5.66 % Ni, 12.6 % Cu, 0.04 oz/t Au, and trace of silver. REF: KL 2852, page 3.
File - Resident Geologist files KL1972, KL2852
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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: 187-188 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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