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| Record Name(s) | McGill Gold Mines Property 2 - 1932, Argyle Property - 2002 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2008-Feb-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Hincks
Latitude: 48° 1' 39.63" Longitude: -80° 55' 21.1"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 505776 Northing: 5319379 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: Approximate location of quartz vein on former claim 8273
Location Method: Data Compilation
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. Alternatively, access is provided by a bush road which branches off from Highway 568 at a distance of approximately 16 miles west of Matachewan. The property is situated two miles north of this highway. REF: KL 1309, page 2.
1931: Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd.: trenching. 1975:The Hanna Mining Co. - prospecting and sampling. 1981-84:Manville Canada Inc: ground geophysics, DD-3-326 ft, mapping, radiometric survey. 1987: Wilzel Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1988: F. Kiernicki - airborne geophysics. 2002-2004: Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc: mapping and prospecting, ground magnetic survey, IP survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-5168/2.24433 | 42A02SW2010 | 42A02SW2010 |
| KL-1309/donation | ||
| 2.11280 | 42A02SW0062 | 42A02SW0062 |
| 2.10593 | 42A02SW0119 | 42A02SW0119 |
| 18 | 42A02SW0125 | 42A02SW0125 |
| 2.4412 | 42A02SW0084 | 42A02SW0084 |
| 2.7583 | 42A02SW8417 | 42A02SW8417 |
| 2.26540 | 42A02SW2011 | 42A02SW2011 |
| 2.28187 | 42A02SW2018 | 42A02SW2018 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Oct 08, 2014 (J Suma-Momoh) - 'Two other small veins were located on former claim No. 8273 near the township boundary. The larger of these veins occurs in andesite and has a length of 125 feet with a maximum width of 8 inches at the west end, where it passes into low ground. It strikes east and west and dips 75° N. The quartz contains considerable pyrite, and native gold was noted in one place in the vein. The other vein, 150 feet to the north, is similar but somewhat smaller; it strikes N 60° W.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalts And Andesites | Dark-Green Coloured, Massive; Fine- To Medium | Contains |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Syenite | 3 | Porphyritic | Adjacent | |
| Diabase | 4 | Diabase | Intrudes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic And Alteration | Gangue | Pyritic | 1 | Disseminated | |
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Oct 08, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab sample 6828 returned an assay of 1.85 g/t Au and a resample returned an assay of 1.7 g/t Au.
Oct 08, 2014 (J Suma-Momoh) - Diamond drilling by Manville Canada Inc. in October, 1983, returned assays ranging from nil to 0.02 oz/ton Au. An assay of 0.38 oz/t Au over 1 foot was returned from this drill program. Drilling was meant to test quartz-filled fracture zones for gold mineralization. A chip sample (sample # 6824) taken from a 6 - 8 cm wide quartz vein on the property by Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc, in 2002, returned 3.7 g/t Au.
May 03, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - 'The basalts weather dark grey to black, are dark green in colour on the fresh surface… Narrow silicified sections in fractures zones are mineralized with pyrite and show epidote alteration which gives a light green, streaky appearance to the rock.' REF: KL 1309.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Bannockburn gold area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM41A Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1997
Author: Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Bannockburn gold area
Publication Number: ARV41-02.001 Page: 20 Date: 1998
Author: Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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: 204-205 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
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:
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
Location:
Map - Matachewan, Timiskaming District, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1793 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1919
Author: Cooke, H C
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107430
Mono - Precambrian Geology of McNeil, Robertson, Hincks and Cleaver Townships
Publication Number: OFR5931 Page: 64 Date: 2002
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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