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Record: MDI42A07NE00046

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Samuel Reid Occurrence - 1931, Crites Currie Property - 1995
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Feb-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Currie

Latitude: 48° 28' .78"    Longitude: -80° 36' 25.37"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 529047   Northing: 5368269    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A07NE

Point Location Description: quartz vein on NE corner of outcrop in SEĽ of lot

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

Pre-1931: S. Reid - prospecting, sampling. 1966-67: Midrim Mining Company Ltd.: EM and Mag surveys in the area. 1976: Northex Management Corp. completed a VLF electromagnetic survey of the area. 1983-84: Dore Exploration Inc.: EM and magnetic surveys, geological mapping. 1990-91: J. Salo - trenching, DD-1-106 ft. 1993-96: D. Crites - magnetometer and VLF-EM survey, DD-2-789 ft., assays.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-0723/2.6292 42A07NE0135 42A07NE0135
63.2111 42A02NE0148 42A02NE0148
18 42A07NE0120 42A07NE0120
OP93-722 42A07NE0022 42A07NE0022
OP96-296 42A07NE0023 42A07NE0023
KL-3019/ OP90-059/ 63.5912 42A07NE0117 42A07NE0117
KL-0723/2.7199 42A07NE0134 42A07NE0134

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Mesoarchean  

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Geology Comments

Dec 09, 2015 (R Degagne) - Quartz lenses and stringers of unspecified geometry are reported to by hosted by sparsely exposed sheared and altered and weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic grade) basalt of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group and are spatially associated with felsic aplite dikes.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Aplite Near
Gabbro 2 Gabbro Near
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Basalt Host
Vein 4 Quartz-Pyrite Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 09, 2015 (R Degagne) - Quartz lenses and stringers of unspecified geometry are reported to by hosted by sparsely exposed sheared and altered and weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic grade) basalt of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group and are spatially associated with felsic aplite dikes.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
3GalenaEconomicOre
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
5SphaleriteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
EpidoteAlterationEpidotization1UnknownNetwork
ChloriteAlterationChloritic2UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Dec 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - Silicified zones have values of up to $4.17 (at $35.00 per oz., this would be 0.12 oz. Au). Values of 0.2 oz. Au have been reported by Ferguson, et al (1973). The best gold assay yielded 51 ppb Au from an ultramafic peridotite. Nickel assays from DDH C-96 ranged from 5 to 11 ppm in ultramafic rocks.


Dec 09, 2015 (R Degagne) - Hand picked pyritic quartz samples are reported to assay 0.20 ounce of gold per ton. A recent geophysical survey of Currie Township failed to detect any significant bedrock conductors in the occurrence area.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Hydrothermal
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Shear

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Irregular

References

Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Porquis Junction area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2949 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1985

Author: Richard J.A., McClenaghan M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Watabeag River area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming

Publication Number: P2950 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1985

Author: Richard J.A., McClenaghan M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Watabeag River area, districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane

Publication Number: P1078 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Part - German-Currie area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: ARV40-03.001 Page: 21-22  Date: 1998

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Currie Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: M80593 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1984

Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Currie and Bowman townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R040 Page: 14  Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, bedrock samples from the sonic drilling program 1987, Matheson area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P3114 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1989

Author: Johnstone R.M., Sutcliffe R.H., Steele K.G., Baker C.L., McClenaghan M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 127  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Currie Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GDIF270 Date: 1997

Author: Kirkland Lake RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1999

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - German-Currie area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM40B Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area

Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 31-33  Date: 1990

Author: Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology and petrogenesis of the Archean Abitibi belt in the Kirkland Lake area, Ontario

Publication Number: MP123 Date: 1985

Author: Jensen L.S., Langford F.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Reconnaissance till sampling program, Matheson-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: MP141.081 Page: 472-477  Date: 1997

Author: Steele K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area

Publication Number: MP140.294 Date: 1997

Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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