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Record: MDI42G04NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Big Pike Lake Property - 1985, S. Vukmirovich Property - 1974
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Dec-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Caithness, Caithness

Latitude: 49° 11' 34.19"    Longitude: -83° 27' 9.81"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 321303   Northing: 5451788    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G04NE

Point Location Description: Drill collars on former claim SSM374862

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from Hearst along the Caithness Road.



Exploration History

1974-77: S. Vukmirovich - 3 ddh (142 m). 1986:Astralla Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1986: Kaphearst Resources Corp. - airborne geophysics, mapping


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3128/ 2.9876 42G05SW0002 42G05SW0002
T-3122 / 2.9670 42G06SE0006 42G06SE0006
T-3128/ 2.9642 42G05NW0003 42G05NW0003
T-2209 42G03NW0003 42G03NW0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sulphide-bearing, hornblende rich rock that has been interpreted as both amphibolite and gabbro.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Apr 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - A 24 ft section of amphibolitic material intersected a sequence containing trace copper and pyrite.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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

Publication Number: P0397 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:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 106  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Caithness, and parts of Scholfield, Pelletier and Doherty townships, Hearst-Kapuskasing area, Algoma and Cochrane districts

Publication Number: P2961 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1986

Author: Berger B.R., MacMillan D.W., Roy P.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: M2166 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1969

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Geology of the Hearst-Kapuskasing area

Publication Number: OFR5599 Page: 50  Date: 1986

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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