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Record: MDI42A03NW00029

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Donut Lake Showing - 1962, Sandrelli Claims - 1957
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Silver, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Musgrove

Latitude: 48° 11' 3.8"    Longitude: -81° 21' 34.81"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 473266   Northing: 5336857    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A03NW

Point Location Description: pits and trenches on the south shore of a small lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1957-1960: A Sandrelli / Kerr-Addison Gold Mines Limited - pitting, trenching, geology, ground geophysics. 1962: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Limited, - mapping, ground geophysics. 1973-74: Shadrack Mining Limited - ground geophysics, mapping, DD-1-551 ft. 1991: Falconbridge Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, geochemistry. 2002-13: H. Daxl - prospecting, rock and soil sampling, ground geophysics, geochemical prospecting.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0492 / 63.892 42A03NW0112 42A03NW0112
T-3482 / 2.14526 42A06SW0502 42A06SW0502
T-3482 / 2.14595 42A03NW0026 42A03NW0026
T-4800 / 2.24758 42A03NW2003 42A03NW2003
T-5071 / 2.28911 42A03NW2004 42A03NW2004
T-5209 / 2.30599 20000000694 20000000694
T-1618 42A03NW0108 42A03NW0108
T-5683 / 2.38032 20000002943 20000002943
T-5850 / 2.40746 20000003948 20000003948
T-2689/2.48457 20000006450 20000006450
T-6079/2.44900 20000006053 20000006053
T-6667/2.54791 20000008246 20000008246
T-0702 / 63.1190 42A06SW0514 42A06SW0514
T-1618 / 2.1427 42A03NW0109 42A03NW0109

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Komatiite Contains
Diorite 2 Diorite Silicified Contains

Lithology Comments

Aug 30, 2007 (A Wilson) - The showing is described as a 3 ft wide zone of sulphide rich material lying at the contact between the silicified granites of the Peterlong Lake complex and ultramafic rocks.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 08, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Sandrelli in 1957 returned up to 1.46% Cu, 0.09% Ni, 1.16 oz/t Ag and $0.70 Au. A grab sample collected by Hollinger in 1962 returned nil gold and 0.04% Ni. A grab sample collected by J. Boissoneault in 1973 returned 0.02 oz/t gold.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-9  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 380  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Peterlong Lake area, districts of Timiskaming and Sudbury

Publication Number: R171 Page: 7, 46  Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Peterlong Lake

Publication Number: M2345 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2003

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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