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Record: MDI42G01NW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mattagami Lake DDH K-E-79-13 - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Manganese



Location

Township or Area: Casselman

Latitude: 49° 9' 6.42"    Longitude: -82° 22' 9.04"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 400160.851   Northing: 5445231.355    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G01NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 28+00N/8+00W on Mattagami Lake grid on former claim P.394293

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from Kapuskasing along the Chain of Lakes road for approximately 32 km and then south along disused winter access roads for approximately 1.5 km. The drill collar is located in the swamp east of the road.



Exploration History

19777-79: Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (326 ft). 1980: McKinnon Prospecting - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3180, 2.11179 42G01NW0009 42G01NW0009

Geology

Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Chlorite-Biotite-Schist Host
Oxide Ironstone 2 Oxide-Facies Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling has intersected a series of quartz-muscovite-biotite and chlorite-biotite schists. These schists are interbedded with narrow bands of massive sulphides and sulphide/oxide-facies iron formation.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2MagnetiteEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Copper vlaues range from31 to 143 ppm; Zn values range from 18 to 301 ppm Zn; gold values rane from 0.001 oz/t Au to 0.016 oz/t Au; Mn values range from 161 to 3150 ppm; Ni values range from 31 ppm to 322 ppm.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-1826

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Kapuskasing sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0398 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Saganash Lake-Wakusimi River area

Publication Number: ARV69-03 Page: 15-17  Date: 1997

Author: McMurchy R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Saganash Lake area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: M1960A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: McMurchy R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Operation Kapuskasing

Publication Number: MP010 Date: 1967

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J., Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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