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Record: MDI31M04SW00021

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Strathy

Latitude: 47° 5' 53.66"    Longitude: -79° 49' 39.28"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 588970   Northing: 5216748    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04SW

Point Location Description: Shaft on claim TRT4412

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Kanichee Lake road west from highway 17 north for 1.5km proceeding south along west shore of Net Lake south arm for 0.9km. Take first right turn up hill. The road is blocked. Foot traverse ~400m southeast to the mine site.

Exploration History

1934: P.D. Hermiston and R. McCauley -discovery. 1936-38: Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada - stripping, sampling, prospecting, trenching (8116 ft), shaft sunk to 457 ft; DD-4761 ft, UG-31- 6555 ft., 13219 tonnes hoisted 1964: E.L. MacVeigh - mapping, sampling, ground geophysics. 1984: Royal Gold and Silver Corp. - milling agreement. 1986: Cominco Limited - DD-6-1232 ft., surface sampling. 1999: Sudbury Contact Mines Ltd. - mapping, sampling

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Nov 29, 2012 (A Wilson) - Felsic metavolcanic rocks are intruded by a quartz diorite sill and both are cut by later dikes. Two important veins were reported - the Main which strikes N40E and the Shaver Vein which strikes N60E. The mineralization is hosted in the central and northwestern part of the diorite sill. The diorite has been sheared, carbonatized, silicified, sericitized and pyrtized. The alteration seems to be more intense where the mineralized zones and fractures are most abundant. The intrusive has been cut by greenstone and lamprophyre dikes. The Main Vein strikes N40E and has been exposed for a continuous length of 250ft and has a maximum width of 5 feet, although in some areas parallel veins increase the total width of quartz to 6 feet. The vein has been cut by a number of minor cross-faults which strike northwest and show a maximum displacement of 6 m. The Shaver Vein is located 270 ft north of the main vein. On surface it strikes N60E and has a maximum width of 0.46 m

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Nov 29, 2012 (A Wilson) - The Main Vein returned historic assays ranging from trace to 1.15 oz/t Au over a width of 8.8 feet for a length of 70 feet (surface). Typical assays from the South (Main) Vein on the 150-ft level range from 0.128 oz/t Au over 3.52 ft to 0.339 oz/t Au over 5.78 ft. On the 350-foot level the grades range from 0.105 oz/t Au over 1.43 ft to 0.388 oz/t Au over 2.68 ft. The Shaver Vein returned historic assays averaging 0.66 oz/t Au over a width of 4.6 feet for a length of 68 ft. Minor amounts of galena have been observed in the Shaver Vein. On the 150-ft level the Shaver Vein assayed 0.71 oz/t au over 1.26ft. On the 350-ft level the vein returned assays ranging from 0.287 oz/t Au over 1.11 ft to 1.318 oz/t Au over 1.23 ft. Chip samples collected from the veins by E.L. MacVeigh in 1964 returned assays of 0.21 oz/t Au over 12 inches. Other samples assayed 0.01 oz/t Au, 0.52 oz/t Au, 0.18 oz/t Au and 0.28 oz/t Au.

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-1989, CO-2028, CO-2066

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office

Part - Northeastern portion of the Timagami Lake area

Publication Number: ARV51-06 Page: 33-34  Date: 1998

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

MonoMap - Geology of the northeast Temagami area, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: R163 Page: 84-88  Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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: 25  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Article - Cobalt Resident Geologist's area - 1987

Publication Number: MP138.012 Page: 301  Date: 1997

Author: Owsiacki L., Anderson D.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Map - Chambers and Strathy townships, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2323 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Innes D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:

Part - Mines of Ontario in 1936

Publication Number: ARV46-01.003 Page: 118  Date: 1997

Author: Sinclair D.G., Tower W.O., Bayne A.S., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Part - Mines of Ontario in 1937

Publication Number: ARV47-01.003 Page: 107  Date: 1997

Author: Sinclair D.G., Tower W.O., Taylor J.B., Douglass D.P., Bayne A.S., Cave A.E., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Part - Mines of Ontario in 1938

Publication Number: ARV48-01.003 Page: 99  Date: 1997

Author: Sinclair D.G., Cave A.E., Tower W.O., Taylor J.B., Douglass D.P., Bayne A.S., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Map - The northeastern portion of the Timagami Lake area, District of Nipissing, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51E Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

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