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Record: MDI000000000560

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Boyce and Banister Property - 1998, Boyce and Banister DDH B1-98 - 1998, Bench Depth Property - 2006
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Jul-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By M Picotte
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Powell

Latitude: 48° 0' 52.98"    Longitude: -80° 43' 38.83"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 520325   Northing: 5317972    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A02SE

Point Location Description: Approximate location of trench

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The project location is easily accessible by travelling 11 kilometers northwest of Matachewan on highway 566. At this point a bush road leads off on the right hand side of the road. From this juncture the road is navigable by bush vehicle or a l kilometer walk.



Exploration History

1998-99: Boyce and Banister: line cutting, grid mapping, VLF Electromagnetic survey, prospecting, stripping, drilling, blasting, trenching and sampling, IP survey. 2006: Golden Valley Mines Ltd. - IP, magnetometer


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-4627 2.19456 42A02SE2016 42A02SE2016
KL-4844/2.20545 42A02SE2021 42A02SE2021
2.32075 20000001501 20000001501
KL-4380/2.18154 20000002480 20000002480

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Dark Grey, Massive Contains
Vein 2 Quartz-Carbonate Veins And Stringers Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 01, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - The lithology outlined in this document was obtained from diamond drill log.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 24, 2015 (A Wilson) - Surface sampling from the area returned values up to 17 g/t Au. The highest gold value from the drill hole extension returned 1099 ppb Au over 0.6 ft. A zinc value of 1.18% over 3 ft. was obtained between 314.3 ft. and 317.3 ft. DDH-B1-98 intersected 1.18% Zn over 3 ft. at a depth of 314-317 ft.


Jun 01, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - The diamond drilling of year 1998 returned the following assays from Hole 98-B-1: 1440 ppb Au at 104 to 105 ft; 634 ppb Au at 105 to 106 ft; and 583 ppb Au at 106 to 107 ft. Samples from the five trenches did not return any significant mineralization.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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


Map - Precambrian Geology, Powell Township

Publication Number: P3577 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2006

Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Powell and Cairo townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2110 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Map - Matachewan gold area, townships of Powell and Cairo, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM44A Scale: 1:24,000    Date: 1997

Author: Dyer W.S., Charlewood G.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Article - General Geology of Powell Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: OFR6172.005 Scale:     Date: 2005

Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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