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Record: MDI42A09SE00173

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pillow Lava - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Lead



Location

Township or Area: McCool

Latitude: 48° 34' 15.32"    Longitude: -80° 2' 39.47"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 570500.61   Northing: 5380199.822    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A09SE

Point Location Description: Pit

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: A point 2.32 km west and 3.75 km north of the southeast corner of McCool Twp.





Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - A pit excavated into pillowed lava exposing a 0.5 inch wide quartz stringer containing galena and pyrite was noted by Satterly (1953). No references indicating the presence in the area of anomalous mineralization were found by Bath (1990).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological series, preliminary results of bedrock samples from the sonic drilling, 1985, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2986 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1986

Author: Jensen L.S., Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Black River-Matheson Area

Publication Number: OFM0013 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1985

Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.

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Location:


Part - Geology of McCool Township

Publication Number: ARV61-05 Page: 28  Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 132  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Folio - McCool Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GDIF380 Date: 1997

Author: Kirkland Lake RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: M80597 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1984

Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 875-878  Date: 1990

Author: Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Black River-Matheson economic geologist program

Publication Number: MP126.058S Page: 301-311  Date: 1997

Author: Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - A gravity survey in the Iroquois Falls-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: MP137.074 Page: 411-14  Date: 1997

Author: Gupta V.K., Johnstone R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Precambrian geology of the Black River-Matheson (BRIM) area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: MP126.056S Page: 291-296  Date: 1997

Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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