Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Kirana Extension - 1987, Sutton - 2003 |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2008-Sep-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Morrisette
Latitude: 48° 11' 30.02" Longitude: -80° 0' 28.5"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 573729.997 Northing: 5338079.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A01NE
Point Location Description: DDH MS-1 in assess file KL-5225
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: West of airport road, north of Kirkland Lake.
1987-1990: Minnova carried out a regional exploration program that included extensive soil sampling, I.P. and magnetometer-VLF surveys, and did some drilling and trenching. They were focused on delineating gold zones such as the one at Kirana where 50,000 tons are reported to exist between surface and the top level at 0.48 ounce per ton. The shaft was reportedly sunk on a vein that returned "high values" in the shaft. Minnova found difficulties in dealing with "cultural effects". Their geochemical soil surveys proved to be totally misleading due to the presence of wind-blown contaminants (tailings from nearby operations). They dropped the option due to overall unsatisfactory results. However, it appears that they did not drill the Kirana ore zone itself, and they did not follow up on some rather good individual results. Only one hole was drilled on the eastern part of the Kirana structure covering a one mile strike length. This hole, KIR-5, drilled in 1990, returned 6810 ppb (6.8 g/t) over 0.5 metre one one vein, and 1669 ppb (l .7 g/t) over 0.3 metre on another. The intersections are 164, and 204 metres downhole (@-50 degrees) respectively. This hole was drilled to follow up on a previously drilled hole, V-79-1, that had returned 11.8 g/t over 1.0 metre. There was a trench completed beside the highway on a gossanous zone, with very coarse pyrite, that graded up to 1650 ppb gold. This outcrop appears to line up with the intersections in the two holes. 2003: Sutton diamond drilled one hole totaling 118 m. The zone from the other 2 holes was intersected to the west. The zone assayed 6.9 g/t Au over 0.3 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL-5225 | 42A01NE2049 | 42A01NE2049 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic flow breccia | 1 | Basalt | Flow Top Breccia | Host |
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