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| Record Name(s) | Mattagami - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Wilkie
Latitude: 48° 40' 47.72" Longitude: -80° 32' 11.91"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 534107.867 Northing: 5391978.698 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A10NE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Point Located: A point 3.42 km south and 0.80 km east of the northwest corner of Wilkie Township.
1965: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. diamond drilled 2 holes totalling 236.9 m. 1979: Hollinger Mines Ltd. diamond drilled 1 hole totalling 213.7 m. 1980: Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd. diamond drilled 3 holes totalling 769.6 m. Anomalously elevated gold tenors (1.37 ppm of gold) from this drilling were yielded by a 70 cm core length of pyritic interflow sediment. 1984- 1987: Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. staked claims, completed geological, magnetic and VLF and HL electromagnetic surveys, and diamond drilled 6 holes totalling 1,864 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 42A10NE0021 | 42A10NE0021 |
| 10 | 42A10NE0036 | 42A10NE0036 |
| 2.8740 | 42A10NE0005 | 42A10NE0005 |
| 2.8593 | 42A10NE0007 | 42A10NE0007 |
| 36 | 42A10NE0003 | 42A10NE0003 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - No exposed bedrock occurs in this part of Wilkie Township. Geological mapping (Gupta and Johnstone 1987, Jensen and Baker 1986, Johnstone and Steele 1989, Leahy and Ginn 1962) indicates that the bedrock underlying the area consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) volcanic and interflow sedimentary or tuffaceous rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Py & Gf Interflow Sediments | Near |
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| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Host | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Diamond drilling in the area which was targeted on anomalous bedrock conductors as part of base and precious metals exploration programs indicate (assessment files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake) that the area is underlain by ultramafic to felsic volcanic rock and interflow horizons of variably siliceous, graphitic, tuffaceous, and clastic sedimentary material. Bedrock stratigraphy strikes northeast, dips and faces south, and forms part of the north limb of a syncline, the axis of which is near the southwest corner of Wilkie Township. The Quaternary deposits which mantle most bedrock in the area are locally thick and complex (Vagners 1984; Richard and McClenaghan 1985; McClenaghan et al. 1988, 1987; Steele 1988). Virtually all diamond drilling in the area has been targeted on anomalous bedrock conductors as part of base metals exploration programs; little assay data is reported in the assessment files. Most drilled conductors appear to have been variably graphitic and/or pyritic interflow material. Chalcopyrite and sphalerite are noted (rarely) in the logs to occur with pyrite in interflow horizons and/or across narrow core widths containing pyritic quartz-carbonate veins, veinlets, and breccias. Mattagami Lake Exploration diamond drilling yielded a 70 cm long core section of pyritic interflow sediment which assayed 1.37 ppm of gold.
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 - 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 - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0347 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Wilkie Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF401 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Wilkie Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0156 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Ginn R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Wilkie Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80574 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1232-1256 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
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
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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP136.294 Page: 200-214 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Quaternary geology of Matheson area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: P2735 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1985
Author: Vagners U.J.
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:
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:
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