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| Record Name(s) | Mattagami Lake DDH K-Q-78-7 - 1978, Wakusimi - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Slack
Latitude: 49° 2' 13.4" Longitude: -82° 23' 25.13"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 398385.729 Northing: 5432506.211 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G01SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 8+00E/1+50S on Mattagami grid in former claim P451446
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south for approximately 42 km from Highway 11 along the Swanson Road to an east trending bush road. Drive east approximately 3 km and then south along a winter road for 1.5 km. The drill site is on the north side of a small pond.
1977-1978: Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (600 ft). 1988: McKinnon Prospecting - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1839, 11 | 42G01SW0006 | 42G01SW0006 |
| T-3180, 2.11179 | 42G01NW0009 | 42G01NW0009 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Diorite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesite | Hanging Wall | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Andesite | Footwall | |
| Breccia-unsubdivided | 4 | Intermediate | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold and copper values are returned from a chalcopyrite bearing quartz vein within interbedded diorite and meta-andesite. Locally, the andesitic units are metamorphosed to a garnetiferous chlorite schist intruded by narrow sulphide-bearing stringers.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned values of 0.26 oz/t Ag, 0.59% Cu and 0.03 oz/t Au over 2.7 ft.
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
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Part - Geology of the Saganash Lake-Wakusimi River area
Publication Number: ARV69-03 Date: 1997
Author: McMurchy R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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
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