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MDI42A08SE00110
| Record Name(s) | R.S. Potter Property - 1921, Wickstead-Malouf Property - 1920, Wickstead Claim - 1917 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver
Township or Area: Benoit
Latitude: 48° 17' 20.88" Longitude: -80° 11' 10.69"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 560358 Northing: 5348757 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed from highway 11 and take Bourkes Road west for 3.9km to a winter road leading south. Travel 125m, then west 30m to diamond drill casings flowing water. Walk south 100m to site.
1917: stripping of the quartz vein. Circa 1921 – inclined shaft to depth of 40 ft.1988: Villeneuve Resources Ltd. – ground magnetics and VLF-EM surveys; DD-10-5351 ft. 1990: Rochon – sampling, mapping. 1992: O Hicks – DD-4-1765 ft.; assays. 2006: R. Rousseau and R. Rochon - prospecting
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| OP92-341 | 42A08SE0025 | 42A08SE0025 |
| 63.5849/ OP90-267, OP90-268, KL-27-85, 42A08SE0505 | 20000005019 | 20000005019 |
| 2.11241/ 42A08SE0505 | 42A08SE0079 | 42A08SE0079 |
| 2.32711 | 20000001465 | 20000001465 |
| 18 | 42A08SE0081 | 42A08SE0081 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Tholeiitic | Pillowed And Massive | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Felsite | Contains |
May 26, 2016 (A Wilson) - The quartz vein is 210 feet long and 1 foot wide. It strikes northeast and dips 45ºSW to almost horizontal. Along the footwall between the vein and the volcanic rocks is a felsite dike containing considerable pyrite and some chalcopyrite and galena.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Gangue |
May 26, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays from the most recent trenches range from 0.001 oz./t Au to 0.587 oz./t Au. Assays from the samples collected in 2006 returned gold values ranging from 0.011 oz./t Au to 0.019 oz./t Au. Copper assays ranged from 0.003% to 0.015% Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Part - Gold-bearing veins in Benoit Township
Publication Number: ARV26.008 Page: 250-251 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Black River area
Publication Number: ARV30-06.002 Page: 55 Date: 1998
Author: Wright D.G.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R092 Page: 19 Date: 1971
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 16-17 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Benoit and Maisonville townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2215 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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
Location:
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