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Record: MDI42A08NE00079

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Michaud - 1995
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1995-Mar-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Kimberlite



Location

Township or Area: Michaud

Latitude: 48° 28' 52.97"    Longitude: -80° 5' 32.74"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 567068.247   Northing: 5370203.672    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08NE

Point Location Description: DDH MI33-13

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1948?: Drill holes 31 and 32 by Marchand Mines Ltd. intersected the dike to the southeast of the Michaud blow. 1988?: Falconbridge Limited diamond drilled a number of holes into 2 kimberlite dikes and a blow along a southeast trending dike. Hole Mi33-13 intersected 23 m of kimberlite breccia in what has been termed a blow in the dike.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Kimberlite-Unsubdivided 1 Diatreme Facies N/A

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1IlmeniteEconomicGangue
2PhlogopiteEconomicGangue
3PerovskiteEconomicGangue
4PyropeEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-1735, KL-3339

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Precambrian Geology of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario

Publication Number: M2676 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2003

Author: Berger B.R., Luinstra B., Ropchan J.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR6091 Date: 2003

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Kimberlites of the Lake Timiskaming Structural Zone

Publication Number: OFR5937 Page: 107, 118  Date: 1996

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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