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| Record Name(s) | Garvey (South) Vein - 2003, Phoenix Argyle Property - 2003, Ashley Property - 1947 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2008-Feb-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Argyle
Latitude: 48° 1' 17.27" Longitude: -80° 54' 31.4"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 506806 Northing: 5318690 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: Location of quartz vein
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The property is located appoximately 23 km by road NW of the town of Matachewan. Secondary Provincial Highway 566 ends near the southeastern edge of the claim group in NW Bannockburn Twp. Forest access roads and seasonal roads and trails from logging operations afford good access to the claim group.
2003: Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc: mapping and prospecting
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL5245 | 42A02SW2011 | 42A02SW2011 |
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 | Basalts | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 23, 2012 (J Suma-Momoh) - Samples of quartz vein (sample numbers 1194 and 1195) returned 665 ppb and 666 ppb Au, respectively. The former sample is thought to represent 15 cm footwall of Garvey Extension vein, whereas, the latter sample represents 20 cm of quartz vein only. REF: Table 2, in KL5245. A 30+ cm wide quartz vein is exposed in a stripped outcrop. About 10 m to the north, pillowed mafic volcanics of the Lower Tisdale assemblage are exposed. Veins strikes at 210o and dips 50o
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
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| Gold | Unknown | 225.83 | ppb | |||
| Palladium | Unknown | ppb | BDL | |||
| Platinum | Unknown | ppb | BDL |
Date: Jun 21, 2010
Geologist: D Guidon
Notes: Property visited with James Suma-Momoh June 21, 2010 Key Word in Description Photo Number Year Township Description UTM Zone Easting Northing 731492 2010 Argyle Argyle property - 2003 - Quartz vein 17 506785 5318685 731493 2010 Argyle Argyle property - 2003 - Quartz vein - close-up 17 506785 5318685 Sample Number 10313 NAME Pheonix 1 TOWNSHIP Argyle NAD UTM Zone 17 UTM East 506787 UTM North 5318685
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