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Record: MDI31M13NE00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lake-Ridge - 1946, Zonic Larder - 1939, Nigger - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Apr-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Skead

Latitude: 47° 57' 35.71"    Longitude: -79° 44' 20.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 594139   Northing: 5312615    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M13NE

Point Location Description: Approximate location of Pit

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Pre-1939: Sufficent work to bring claim MR3 to patent. 1939, Zonic Larder Mining Syndicate Ltd.: Trenching and diamond drilling 1946, Lake-Ridge Mines Ltd. Surface work and 7 DDH (2986 ft) 2007, Harrington, M.S trenching, assyas


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate massive flow 1 Dacite, Andesite And Lavas Massive, Fragmental, Porphyritic Host
Vein 2 Near
Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided 3 Near

Lithology Comments

Apr 08, 2013 (Nazha Sabiri) - According to Hewitt, D.F (1949), the rocks are massive dacite, andesite and fragmental and porphyritic lavas of Keewatin age (Neoarchean). They are intruded by lamprophyre dikes. The lavas along the sheared zones are altered to chlorite and carbonates, the shear zones are mineralized with sulphides stringers: Pyrite, chalcopyrite and some specularite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CarbonateEconomic And AlterationGangueCarbonatization1Unknown
5ChloriteEconomic And AlterationGangueChloritic2Unknown
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3QuartzEconomicGangue
4SpeculariteEconomicGangue
6HematiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 08, 2013 (Nazha Sabiri) - Borrows and Hopkins (1921): One such sample gave on assay: silver, none; nickel, none; platinum, none; and gold, $15.60 per ton" 3 samples assayed by Harrington, M.S in 2007; had returned gold value of 0.52, 0.53 and 4.36 g/tonne (KL-5978/ 2.37999).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-2883, KL-5978

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Township of Skead, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: M1949-03 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Boston-Skead gold area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM30D Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1997

Author: Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Boston Creek gold area

Publication Number: ARV25-01.007 Date: 1998

Author: Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border

Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 2005

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Part - Geology of Skead Township, Larder Lake area

Publication Number: ARV58-06 Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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: 167  Date: 1979

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file

Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Part - Boston-Skead gold area

Publication Number: ARV30-06.001 Date: 1998

Author: Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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