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Record: MDI42A08NW00034

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pamour - West - 1982, Young-Davidson Mines Ltd. - 1973, Vimy - 1934, Pamour Porcupine Mines Ltd. - 1981, Birch Farm - 1934
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-04
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Hislop

Latitude: 48° 27' 37.99"    Longitude: -80° 23' 32.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 544917   Northing: 5367669    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08NW

Point Location Description: Group overburden drill holes.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: A point 1.47 km north and 1.00 km east of the southwest corner of Hislop Township.



Exploration History

1934-35: Erie Canadian Mines: trenching, sampling, geological mapping. 1973: Young-Davidson Mines Ltd.: geological and magnetic surveys. 1981-82: Pamour Porcupine Mines Ltd.: geological and magnetic surveys; VLF-EM survey; magnetic survey; OBD-24-120 ft.; DD-2-360 ft..


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-0975/ 63.3315 42A08NW0079 42A08NW0079
KL-0975/ 63.3096 42A08NW8814 42A08NW8814

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Geology Comments

Apr 15, 2016 (C Salo) - Bedrock in the area is largely glacial drift covered and consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) east northeast striking, steeply dipping, and south facing basalt of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group near the inferred contact developed between Kinojevis Group volcanic rocks and (metamorphosed) (Archean) Porcupine Group or (Archean) Timiskaming Group sediments.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sedimentary Unconsolidated-unsubdivided 1 Basal Till Contains
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Trachytic Near
Syenite 4 Syenite Contains
Vein 5 Quartz Contains

Mineralization Comments

Apr 15, 2016 (A Wilson) - Chip samples from the Birch Property returned assays ranging from $0.40 Au to $72.00 Au.


Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - A basal till heavy mineral concentrate is reported (assessment files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake) to have assayed 562 ppb of gold.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-0227, KL-2176, KL-2876

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology of the Ramore area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming

Publication Number: P2381 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1980

Author: Baker C.L., Seaman A.A., Steele K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Ramore area, northwestern part, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2860 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1985

Author: Jensen L.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Hislop Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GDIF404 Date: 1997

Author: Kirkland Lake RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Geological series, preliminary results of bedrock samples from the sonic drilling, 1985, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2986 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1986

Author: Jensen L.S., Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological series, bedrock samples from the sonic drilling program 1987, Matheson area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P3114 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1989

Author: Johnstone R.M., Sutcliffe R.H., Steele K.G., Baker C.L., McClenaghan M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area

Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1547-1550  Date: 1990

Author: Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Hislop Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: M80595 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1984

Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Township of Hislop, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: M1955-05 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Prest V.K., Cook D.R., Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border

Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 2005

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Part - Geology of Hislop Township

Publication Number: ARV65-05 Date: 1997

Author: Prest V.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hislop Township Area

Publication Number: M2527 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2000

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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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Article - Reconnaissance till sampling program, Matheson-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: MP141.081 Page: 472-477  Date: 1997

Author: Steele K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR6091 Date: 2003

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area

Publication Number: MP136.294 Date: 1997

Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Geological investigations of the Destor-Porcupine deformation zone east of Matheson

Publication Number: MP146.023 Page: 136-143  Date: 1997

Author: Troop D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area

Publication Number: MP140.294 Page: 112-123  Date: 1997

Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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