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| Record Name(s) | ZamZam Zone - 2007 |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2020-Jul-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Carscallen
Latitude: 48° 22' 33.6" Longitude: -81° 39' 20.24"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 451450 Northing: 5358300 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05NE
Point Location Description: Center point of ZamZam zone on map in T-6721.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of logging roads that head north from highway 101.
1934: property visit by Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd. 1982-85: Gold Shield Syndicate and Gowest Amalgamated Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping. 1983: Cleyo Resources Inc. - mapping, ground geophysics, sampling. 1996: Starcore Resources Ltd. - mapping, sampling. 1989-90: H. Mackenzie - stripping, trenching. 2000: Falconbridge Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 2009-2020: Melkior Resources Inc.- diamond drilling, soil sampling, assays, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1926 / 2.2957 | 42A05NE0337 | 42A05NE0337 |
| T-1926 / 2.4993 | 42A05NE0334 | 42A05NE0334 |
| T-2628 / 63.4340 | 42A05NE0324 | 42A05NE0324 |
| T-2628 / 2.6137 | 42A05NE1496 | 42A05NE1496 |
| T-2815 / 2.7039 | 42A05NE0328 | 42A05NE0328 |
| T-3331 / W8906-00518 | 42A05NE5038 | 42A05NE5038 |
| T-3331 / W9006-60428 | 42A05NE5041 | 42A05NE5041 |
| T-3331 / W9006-60427 | 42A05NE5040 | 42A05NE5040 |
| T-3331 / W8906-00519 | 42A05NE5039 | 42A05NE5039 |
| T-3798 / W9660-00444 | 42A05SE0018 | 42A05SE0018 |
| T-3798 / 2.17771 | 42A05NE0142 | 42A05NE0142 |
| T-4587 / 2.21079 | 42A06NW2026 | 42A06NW2026 |
| T-6267 / 2.48699 | 20000008058 | 20000008058 |
| T-6721 / 2.54997 | 20000014743 | 20000014743 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Jul 17, 2020 (P Bousquet) - (excerpt from T-6721) The bedrock of the Carscallen property consists mainly of felsic plutonic rocks of the Carlton Lake Pluton in the western part of the property, intruding into mafic metavolcanic rocks of the Deloro assemblage. The rock types observed at the surface and in core include: granite/granodiorite, mafic volcanic rocks, iron formation (sulphide and oxide facies), quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusions/dikes and locally lamprophyre dikes.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Quartz Porphyry | 2 | Quartz | Near | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host | |
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 4 | Quartz | Near |
Jul 17, 2020 (P Bousquet) - The ZamZam zone is described as quartz-pyrite stringers contained in shears in a granodiorite intrusive.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 17, 2020 (P Bousquet) - The ZamZam zone was discovered in 2007. It was exposed over 55 m strike length. At the time, the best grab sample returned an assay of 843.7 g/t Au. (Excerpt from T-6721) Gold mineralization occurs in pyrite-quartz veins/stringers which contain 10 to 50% pyrite. The veins are typically several cm to almost half a meter thick, grading generally between 1 g/t Au to 100 g/t Au, and mostly occur within corridors several m wide. Three main mineralized corridors are recognized: ZamZam/Shenkman, Jowsey and 1010. Quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes appear to be spatially related to these mineralized corridors. At depth, near the granite/mafic volcanic rock contact, gold mineralization occurs in the granite within pyrite-rich mafic xenoliths. Several holes were drilled by Melkior Resources Inc in 2013 panned to intersect the ZamZam zone at a depth of 80 to 115 meters. Results included 0.65 metre at 144 g/t gold (CAR-86-2013), 1.50 metres at 34.06 g/t gold (CAR-88-2013) over 1.50 metres, 0.50 metre at 25.70 g/t gold (CAR-91- 2013), 0.60 metre at 140.50 g/t gold (CAR-94-2013), 0.60 metre at 23.70 g/t gold (CAR98-2013) and 1.35 metres at 7.36 g/t gold (CAR-99-2013). (T-6721, p. 38).
File - Resident Geologist files T-71
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - The townships of Carscallen, Bristol and Ogden, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM35G Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1998
Author: Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Keefer-Eldorado area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM47D Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Carscallen Township
Publication Number: P0023 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A., Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Denton and Carscallen Townships
Publication Number: P3517 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2002
Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Denton and Carscallen Townships
Publication Number: OFR6093 Date: 2002
Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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