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| Record Name(s) | Mattagami Lake DDH K-I-78-8 - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Casselman
Latitude: 49° 6' 3.59" Longitude: -82° 20' 5.64"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 402560.764 Northing: 5439541.223 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G01SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 0+00/7+50W on Mattagami Lake grid on former claim P.451339
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from Kapuskasing along the Swanson Road for approximately 30 km. The drill hole was completed in the swampy area located on the east side of the road.
1977-78: Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (356 ft). 1988: McKinnon Prospecting - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1832, 2.2435 | 42G01SW0002 | 42G01SW0002 |
| T-3180, 2.11179 | 42G01NW0009 | 42G01NW0009 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide-Facies/Argillite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesite | Hanging Wall | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Andesite | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated zinc values were obtained from interbedded andesite and siltstone lying below an oxide-facies iron formation.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The highest assays obtained from drill core were: 3150 ppm Zn and 542 ppm Cu over 4.8 ft in interbedded intermediate metavolcanics and argillite lying close to the lower contact with iron formation.
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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