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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lacana Claim Group - 1980, Benoit North - 1995, Greater Leonora Resources DDH BN95-3 - 1995, Noranda DDH B-72-12A - 1972
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Jan-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By D Guidon
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Benoit

Latitude: 48° 21' 40.85"    Longitude: -80° 11' 50.68"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 559450   Northing: 5356775    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08SE

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole BN95-3

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Approximately 2.5 km east of Hwy 11 along the road between Benoit and Cook townships. The hole is about 240 m south of the road.



Exploration History

1972-1973: Noranda Exploration Co., Ltd.- conducted mag and VLEM surveys.; DD-1-479 ft. 1980: Lacana Mining Corp.- HLEM survey.1983: Golden Cradle Resources Ltd.- magnetometer and VLF-EM.surveys; 1985-86: Domego Resources Ltd.- geological mapping part of the area. 1993: Whelan - magnetometer and Maxi-Probe surveys; 1995: Otis J. Explorations - diamond drilled one hole to a depth of 186 m. 1995-1996: Greater Lenora Resources Corp.- DD-5-847.1 ft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-3973/ W9680.00488 42A08SE0128 42A08SE0128
KL-2019/2.1075 52M01SE0071 52M01SE0071
KL-1475/2.3582 42A08SE0098 42A08SE0098
KL-0695/2.8904 42A08NE0255 42A08NE0255
KL-0978/2.6400 42A08NW0281 42A08NW0281
KL-3253/2.15323/OP93-664 42A08SE9902 42A08SE9902
KL-3743 42A09SE0021 42A09SE0021
KL-0695/63.4977 42A08SE9905 42A08SE9905

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Silicified, Sericitized, Pyritic Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Andesite Foliated Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

May 25, 2016 (A Wilson) - The entire upper volcanic unit was moderately fractured and shot with quartz stringers and veins, all of which were barren. A broad zone of sheared andesite was intersected from 139.02-170.73 metres (31.7 metres) in which 3 faults (gouge) were located. This appears to be a strong structure, perhaps regional in extent and corresponds with the Maxi-Probe anomaly. Although gold mineralization is not directly associated with this structure, the alteration zone and gold mineralization located further down-hole may be related to a splay structure off of the main fault. A narrow seam of fault gouge located at the top of the alteration zone maybe a splay fault and appears to be directly related to the gold mineralization.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomic And AlterationGanguePyritic3StrongDisseminated
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
5PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
6SphaleriteEconomicOre
SilicaAlterationSilicification1UnknownNetwork
SericiteAlterationSericitization2MediumDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2016 (A Wilson) - Gold assays from DDH BN95-3 returned values ranging from trace over 0.61 m to 0.27 g/t Au over 0.61 m. A 1.07m long section of core just below these intersections returned 0.18 g/t Au. Drill hole BN95-3 also intersected 3557 ppb Au over 0.92 m between 210.21 and 211.13 m downhole



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R092 Scale:     Date: 1971

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


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


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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