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Record: MDI000000000425

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. Lourim Property - 1988, Butler/Eleven Property - 1988, Klip 80-6 - 1980
Related Record Type
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By D Guidon
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Benoit

Latitude: 48° 20' 36.54"    Longitude: -80° 15' 24.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 555078   Northing: 5354745.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08SE

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole BL92-1

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is along Highway 11 to Butler Lake Road South. The property is about 20 miles northwest of the town of Kirkland Lake.



Exploration History

1987-88: Litwicki and Lourin - magnetometer, VLF-EM surveys and geochemical sampling. 1992: J. Lourim - DDH-1-394 ft., assays


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-1636/2.10858 42A08SW0010 42A08SW0010
KL-1636/2.10857 42A08SW0011 42A08SW0011
KL-3379/OP92-585 42A08SW0002 42A08SW0002

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
Vein 1 Quartz-Carbonate Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Massive Recrystallized Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
QuartzAlterationSilicification1StrongVeins
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization2StrongVeins

Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2016 (A Wilson) - Sample #950 returned assays of 785 ppb Au and 190 ppm Cu. Sample #948 returned assays of 82 ppb Au and 171 ppm Cu. Sample #903 returned assays of 79 ppb Au and a check gave the new assay of 134 ppb Au. Sample #917 returned assays of 248 ppm Cu. Several samples had between 100 and 200 ppm Cu.



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


Mono - Mid-density (SG 2.81-3.32) mineralogy of glacial overburden as an indicator of gold mineralization in Benoit, Maisonville, Grenfell, Eby, Otto, Boston and McElroy townships, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: OFR5394 Scale:     Date: 1982

Author: Lourim J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Mid-density (SG 2.81-3.32) mineralogy of glacial overburden as an indicator of gold mineralization in Benoit, Maisonville, Grenfell, Eby, Otto, Boston and McElroy townships, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: OFR5394 Scale:     Date: 1982

Author: Lourim J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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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