Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Ossian - 1981, Minedel - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-May-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Ossian
Latitude: 48° 14' 50.13" Longitude: -79° 35' 30.2"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 604547 Northing: 5344741 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D04NE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Property is about 12 km north of Viriginiatown. I former logging road allows ATV access from Virginiatown to near Mist Lake in northwest Ossian Twp. The road cross the southwest portion of the property about 1400 southwest of the shaft.
1920s - Gold bearing quartz vein exposed on the property. 1925 - Trenching and surface diamond drilling by Ossian Gold Mines Limited. 19 holes totalling 5421 feet. 1926-1927 - Ossian Gold Mines Limited sank a 210 foot shaft with levels at 90 and 200 feet. Lateral development was 600 feet on the 90 ft level, including 480 ft on the quartz zone and 450 feet on the 200 foot level. 1928 - P.E. Hopkins was hired to re-evaluate the sampling. Best assay underground on 90' level was 0.08 opt Au/4.6 feet and on the 200' level to be 0.125 opt Au/3.5 feet. 1934 - Dump material sent to Noranda for testing and averaged 0.03 opt Au and 0.02 opt Ag. Selective dump material averaged 0.125 opt Au and 0.12 opt Ag. 1935-1936 - 5 hole diamond drill program by Ossian Gold Mines Limited to check out original holes. 1939 - Sylanite Gold Mines Limited examined the surface trenches. 1949 - Paymaster Consolidated Mines Limited surface mapped and sampled the old trenches. A sample from a trench returned 1.47 opt Au/2 feet. 13 grab samples were taken from the quartz shaft dump. The average was 0.09 opt Au and the dump contained an estimated 1055 tons of material. 1975 - Minedel Mines Limited has the old surface and mine plans reviewed. It was concluded the surface data was reliable but no the underground. An airborne magnetic survey was conducted on the property. 1976 -Ground mag and EM surveys. 1993 - Crow Geological Surveys Inc. cut a small grid centered on the shaft. Ground mag and VLF-EM surveys were completed. 1996 - Silver Century Explorations Ltd. completed ground mag, VLF-EM, IP and geological surveys and channel sampling. 1997 - 6 ddh totalling 1390 m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 22, 2023 (Q Unknown) - 1939 - A channel sample from 15' west of the shaft returned 0.63 opt Au/4 feet. 1935-36 drill program - Best result was 0.38 opt Au/2.8 feet. 1925 drilling - Best assays from holes #7 and #9 - 0.84 opt Au/10.7 feet and 0.698 opt Au/10 feet respectively. 1996 sampling - 8.18 ppm Au/4.2 m, 4.32 ppm Au/2.7m and 3.0 ppm Au/3.9m. 1997 drilling - best 4.59 ppm Au/2.72m and 1.12 ppm Au/6.15.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1875, KL-2164, KL-4406, KL-4613
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Pontiac and Ossian townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2296 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1974
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Pontiac and Ossian townships, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: OFR5081 Page: 58-59 Date: 1997
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Pontiac and Ossian townships, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming
Publication Number: R125 Page: 30-31 Date: 1975
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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: 160 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0111 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit KL #399
Publication Number: PV-399 Date: 1988
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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