Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | McKellar Prospect - 1880, Highland Mine - 1887, Pele Zone - 2003 |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2011-Mar-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Moss
Latitude: 48° 32' 13.82" Longitude: -90° 46' 37.34"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 664089.02 Northing: 5378393.33 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B10NW
Point Location Description: Trench map in AFRI 20000015344
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Approx. 105-113 km to the West-Northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, along highway 11 west from Thunder Bay or East from Atikokan. At highway 802 head south 29 km.
1880s: Prospector P. McKellar dug 10 pits. 1934: Ardeen Gold Mines Ltd. conducted trenching. 1937: property was purchased by Kerry Gold Mine Ltd. 1971-72: Belore Mines Ltd drilled 12 DDH (at least 3 on the McKellar Zone) and purchased the property from Kerry Gold Mines. 1991: Akiko-Lori Gold Resources carried out stripping and channel sampling. 1992: Akiko-Lori Gold Resources Ltd. drilled 3 DDH totalling 159.1 m. 1997: Pele Mountain Resources carried out VLF-EM and mag surveys, and drilled 1 DDH totalling 150 m. 2003: Pele Mountain Resources drilled 4 DDH. 2009-10: Coventry Resources carried out a soil sampling program and drilled 20 DDH totalling 7845 m on the McKellar and Fisher prospects. 2016-17: Kesselrun Resources carried out stripping and channel sampling,
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.17827 | 52B10SW2001 | 52B10SW2001 |
| 2.32385 | 20000001527 | 20000001527 |
| W9640.00603 | 52B10SW0031 | 52B10SW0031 |
| 2.47961 | 20000006762 | 20000006762 |
| 2.58323 | 20000015344 | 20000015344 |
| 2.18383 | 52B10SW2002 | 52B10SW2002 |
| 2.25954 | 52B10SW2014 | 52B10SW2014 |
| OM91-180 | 52B10SE0062 | 52B10SE0062 |
| 2.19783 | 52B10SW2009 | 52B10SW2009 |
| 2.14978 | 52B10SW8110 | 52B10SW8110 |
| 2.28719 | 52B10SE2026 | 52B10SE2026 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
Sep 27, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The host rock to the veins and shear zones is carbonate-sericite+/-chlorite schist, similar to that which hosts the Huronian gold vein. The schist adjacent to the vein contains disseminated pyrite (Osmani, 1997).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Telluride | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 19, 2017 (J Scott) - 1991 OGS 2500 ppb Au grab sample. 2009: DDH 09CADD0038 1.26 gpt over 1.8 m
Sep 27, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The McKellar Zone- a shear/vein system, southwest of the Huronian Mine, is exposed in pits and trenches. The host rock to the veins are carbonate-sericite±chlorite schist similar to that which hosts the Huronian gold vein. The schist adjacent to the vein contains disseminated pyrite. Up to 640 ppb gold have been reported from the wall rock schist. The quartz vein, which contains carbonate and albite, is mineralized with pyrite, galena, telluride, sphalerite and chalcopyrite. The vein has yielded up to 2710 ppb gold (Chorlton, 1987; Osmani, 1993). Highlights from Kesselrun’s 2016 channel sampling program included 2.6 gpt Au and 11.8 gpt Ag over 2.1 m, and 2.5 gpt Au and 34.7 gpt Ag over 2.1 m (AFRI 20000015344). DDH P-FS-03-02 assayed 10.314 ppm Au and 32.0 ppm Ag over 0.3 m at 97.2 m (AFRI 52B10SW20140.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
Map - Precambrian Geology, Moss Township
Publication Number: M2624 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1997
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential, Greenwater Lake Area, West-Central Shebandowan Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R296 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Huronian Gold Mine, Moss Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARV37-04.004 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Watson R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Moss Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R085 Scale: Date: 1970
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential of Moss Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: OFR5865 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Moss Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: OFR5020 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geological setting of gold mineralization in the western part of the Shebandowan Greenstone belt, District of Thunder Bay, northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5636 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Chorlton L.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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