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Record: MDI42A10SE00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Taylor Township Group - 1945
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Taylor

Latitude: 48° 33' 57.86"    Longitude: -80° 35' 23.91"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 530250   Northing: 5379301.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A10SE

Point Location Description: cluster of 2 drill holes on south side of highway 11

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1945: N.A. Timmins Exploration Ltd. –geological mapping, 1945 to 1946 – DD-14-8730.8 ft., 111 assays.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.3045 42A10SE0044 42A10SE0044
KL-2697 42A10SE0038 42A10SE0038

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Hanging Wall
Syenite 1 Host
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz-Carbonate Sheared Host
Diorite 2 Diorite Adjacent
Sandstone 2 Greywacke Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2FuchsiteEconomicGangue
3CarbonateEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 11, 2015 (A Wilson) - Multiple highly anomalous assays from the 1945-1946 drilling include values up to 0.1 oz./t Au over 10 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Monteith Area

Publication Number: P3367 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1997

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Folio - Taylor Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GDIF264 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Kirkland Lake RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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


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