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| Record Name(s) | Argyle Property - 2003, Ezra Lake Claims - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2008-Feb-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Feb-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Hincks
Latitude: 48° 3' 45.68" Longitude: -80° 57' 14.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 503421 Northing: 5323269 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: Exact location of float sample (# 1189)
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The claim group is located approximately 23 km by road northwest of the town of Matachewan. Secondary Provincial Highway 566 ends near the south-eastern edge of the claim group in north-western Bannockburn Township. Forest access roads and seasonal roads and trails from logging operations afford good access to the claim group.
1987: Wilzel Resources Ltd: airborne geophysics, power stripping. 1988: Manville Canada Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics. 2002-03: Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc. - mapping, prospecting
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-5245/2.26540 | 42A02SW2011 | 42A02SW2011 |
| 2.10593 | 42A02SW0119 | 42A02SW0119 |
| 2.11722 | 42A02SW0117 | 42A02SW0117 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Tisdale
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Calc-Alkaline Basalt | Massive, Pillowed, Variolitic, Flow-Top Breccia | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syenite | 2 | Porphyritic | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | Disseminated |
Oct 08, 2014 (A Wilson) - Samples of syenite collected by D. Guindon in 2010 returned 4.49 ppm Au, 1.17 ppm Pd and 1.93 ppm Pt.
Oct 08, 2014 (J Suma-Momoh) - In the 2003 mapping and prospecting program by Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc., a float sample of carbonate-altered calc-alkaline basalt (sample # 1189) with an estimated 5 % quartz veins and 1 - 2 % pyrite returned 1054 ppb (1.054 g/t) gold.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | Unknown | 72983 | ppm | |||
| Barium | Unknown | 182 | ppm | |||
| Calcium | Unknown | 24333 | ppm | |||
| Chromium | Unknown | 83 | ppm | |||
| Cobalt | Unknown | 15 | ppm | |||
| Copper | Unknown | 68 | ppm | |||
| Gold | Unknown | 4.49 | ppb | |||
| Iron | Unknown | 35601 | ppm | |||
| Lead | Unknown | ppm | BDL | |||
| Lithium | Unknown | 25 | ppm | |||
| Magnesium | Unknown | 16550 | ppm | |||
| Manganese | Unknown | 568 | ppm | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | 57 | ppm | |||
| Palladium | Unknown | 1.17 | ppb | |||
| Platinum | Unknown | 1.93 | ppb | |||
| Potassium | Unknown | 6707 | ppm | |||
| Scandium | Unknown | 15 | ppm | |||
| Sodium | Unknown | 31000 | ppm | ADL | ||
| Strontium | Unknown | 254 | ppm | |||
| Titanium | Unknown | 3636 | ppm | |||
| Vanadium | Unknown | 102 | ppm | |||
| Yttrium | Unknown | 12 | ppm | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | 68 | ppm |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Date: May 26, 2010
Geologist: D Guidon
Notes: Property visit with James Suma-Momoh and Roy Knight - May 26, 2010 An outcrop of syenite near the point was interesting. Narrow quartz veins with alteration halos and minor pyrite cut the syenite. Sample Number 10306 NAME Argyle TOWNSHIP Hincks NAD UTM Zone 17 UTM East 503468 UTM North 5323184 PROPERTY Argyle MDI Number ANALYSES Au, BM, WR DESCRIPT intrusive Key Word in Description Photo Number Year Township Description UTM Zone Easting Northing 731470 2010 Hincks Argyle Property - Hincks - outcrop 17 503468 5323184 731471 2010 Hincks Argyle Property - Hincks - close up of intrusive rock 17 503468 5323184
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
Location:
Mono - The Abitibi Subprovince Plutonic Record: Tectonic and Metallogenic Implications
Publication Number: OFR6268 Date: 2011
Author: Beakhouse G.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Cleaver and Hincks Townships
Publication Number: OFM0236 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1994
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Precambrian Geology of McNeil, Robertson, Hincks and Cleaver Townships
Publication Number: OFR5931 Date: 2002
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2003
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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