Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Homestake - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Lavant
Latitude: 45° 10' .11" Longitude: -76° 36' 43.83"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 373305.097 Northing: 5002732.865 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F02NE
Point Location Description: General, point 1.2 km NNE of Geordies Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The Clyde property encompasses an area roughly 25 km long and 4 to 6 km wide trending north-northeast through the central parts of Lavant and Darling townships.
Mid-1800s: prospecting in the area began. R.W. Ells of the GSC recorded gold mineralization in the early 1900's. 1930's and 40's: Hollinger Gold Mines Limited and Cominco were active in the area. 1983: C.F. Gleeson & V.N. Rampton completed a regional geochemical survey. 1984: Gleeson-Rampton Explorations had airborne EM and magnetic surveys conducted over the property and they mapped the geology of the Clyde property. Trenching located a shear zone. 1985: C.F. Gleeson & Associates Ltd. carried out till sampling. 1988-89: Homestake Mineral Development Company optioned the property and set up a joint venture with Shallow Resources Inc. B horizon soil sampling was carried out in 1988. They excavated and cleaned five trenches. 1991: Gleeson-Rampton Explorations carried out trenching, prospecting and rock sampling (OP91-345). 1993: Trev Corporation carried out an induced polarization-resistivity survey under an option agreement with C. Gleeson. 1994: Freewest Resources Inc. entered into an agreement with Trev Corp. and conducted a diamond drill program. A total of 439m BQ diameter diamond drilling was completed in four holes. 1994-95: Gleeson-Rampton Explorations carried out more trenching, completed a magnetometer and VLF-EM survey, till sampling survey and prospecting program over the property. 1997: Gleeson and Rampton carried out a near surface till sampling survey, prospecting and trenching program, followed by diamond drilling. Two diamond drill holes totalling 195m were completed.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Tweed File Lavant No. 32 / 2.12701 | 31F02NE9593 | 31F02NE9593 |
| Tweed Files Lavant 44, 45, 49 | 31F02NE9591 | 31F02NE9591 |
| Tweed File Lavant 51 | 31F02NE0001 | 31F02NE0001 |
| W9490-00022 | 31F02NE0005 | 31F02NE0005 |
| W9590-00006, W9590-00008 | 31F02NE0004 | 31F02NE0004 |
| 2.16550 | 31F02NE0008 | 31F02NE0008 |
| 2.16267 | 31F02NE0007 | 31F02NE0007 |
| 2.16228 | 31F02NE0003 | 31F02NE0003 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | Quartz-Marble | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 26, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Prospecting uncovered massive pyrite boulders ranging from 1.2 g Au/t to 19.5 g Au/t. Drilling in 1997 intersected 0.51 m grading 0.6g Au/t in a quartz-marble breccia with 5% disseminated pyrite.
Mono - Exploration for gold in southeastern Ontario, 1980-1990
Publication Number: OFR5808 Page: 46-54 Date: 1991
Author: LeBaron P.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - OP97-332, OP97-091
Publication Number: Date: 1997
Author: Christopher Gleeson, Vernon Rampton
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGO Lavant #56
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