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| Record Name(s) | Swastika Mine - 1910, Crescent Mine - 1922, Crescent Kirkland Mine - 1936, Kirkland Golden Gate - 1940, Gateford Mines Ltd. - 1974 |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2014-Oct-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum, Lead
Township or Area: Otto
Latitude: 48° 6' 6.73" Longitude: -80° 6' 22.36"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 566541 Northing: 5328009 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A01SE
Point Location Description: No. 2 shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Turn south on a road 100m from Culver Park Road.
1910-1913: Swastika Gold Mining Company – shaft sinking, development, in production. 1936-39: Crescent Kirkland Gold Mines Limited – dewatering, sampling, underground development, 1866 ft. of underground drilling, 4584 ft. surface drilling, surface trenching. 1940-45: Kirkland Gateway Mines Ltd. – property acquisition, in production from adit on west shore of Otto Lake and from original shaft; underground and surface drilling; 1950: Gateford Mines Ltd. – DD-9-5658 ft. 1974: Gateford Mines Ltd. - mapping, prospectus. 1974-1977: Dickenson Mines Limited – DD-26-10,548 ft. ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.5354/OM87-6-L-343 | 42A01SE0003 | 42A01SE0003 |
| 63.3865 | 42A01SE0043 | 42A01SE0043 |
| 63.3165 | 42A01SE0043 | 42A01SE0043 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic pillowed flow | 1 | Sheared, Pillowed | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Syenite | 3 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 20, 2014 (A Wilson) - Several new gold-bearing quartz veins were discovered to the northeast on the 400 (391') level. One of these graded 0.65 oz/ton across three feet. By September 23, 1946, this vein {the 417 vein) had been developed along 125 feet with muck samples averaging 0.38 oz/ton uncut and 0.28 cut. The vein is reported by Pain to average 6 feet in width. On the basis of the new discoveries, the mill was re-opened in January, 1947, but by May the veins were found to have been faulted off and production was suspended. Between March and June of that year, the shaft was deepened to 663 feet with two new levels established at 516 and 641 feet. Production in 1947 totaled 6,288 tons at a recovered grade of 0.19 ounces per ton (Lovell). A total of 103,693 tons had been milled at an average recovered grade of 0.29 oz/ton. Kirkland Gateway stoped 850 tons of ore grading 0.56 oz/ton from the Crescent section by means of an adit on the west shore of Otto Lake. A further 192 tons grading 0.47 oz/ton was produced from the original Crescent shaft. Total mine production was $105,941 (14,734 tons) @ 0.21 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1947 | 94061 |
Gold 30068 Ounces |
OFR6375, p. 5 | Produced 1910, 1940-42, 1947 |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-1436
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV20-01.003 Page: 103-105 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV22-01.003 Page: 126 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry for 1952
Publication Number: ARV62-01.001 Page: 16 Date: 1997
Author: Arnoldi M.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Teck Township and Kenogami Lake area, Kirkland Lake gold belt
Publication Number: ARV57-05.001 Page: 49 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Eby and Otto area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R099 Page: 27 Date: 1972
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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: 171 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The Kirkland Lake and Swastika gold areas, and Maisonville, Grenfell and Eby townships
Publication Number: ARV23-02 Page: 20 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Publication - Property Visit KL#405
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Eby-Otto area, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2239 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1972
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Kirkland Lake Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3425 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2000
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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