Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | North Zone - 1991, Argonaut - 1912, Upper Beaver - 1972, Beaverhouse - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1995-May-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Gauthier
Latitude: 48° 10' 30.86" Longitude: -79° 45' 44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 592018.705 Northing: 5336518.393 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D04NW
Point Location Description: Drill holes BL91-06 and BL91-15
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The Upper Beaver shaft is accessed via a gravel road leading northeast from the hamlet of Dobie. The zone is approximately 1100 m north of the Upper Beaver shaft.
1912-19 - Surface exploration 1919-1930 - Production as Argonaut Mines. 1937-39 - Underground exploration by Toburn. 1950-51 - Surface geology and geophysics and diamond drilling by Toburn. 1961-62 - Surface exploration, shaft dewatering, underground drilling and development by Augustus Explorations Ltd. 1964-1972 - Mine dewatering, underground diamond drilling and production by Upper Beaver Mines Limited. Mine closed in 1972 before the property was fully explored. 1988-1991 - Surface geology, geophysics and diamond drilling by Royal Oak Mines Inc. (formerly Pamorex).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.2175, KL-0274 | 32D04NE0109 | 32D04NE0109 |
| 50, W9180.05111 | 32D04NW0061 | 32D04NW0061 |
| 63.6101 | 32D04NE0069 | 32D04NE0069 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Tholeiitic | Bleached | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Tholeiitic | Hanging Wall | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Tholeiitic | Footwall | |
| Syenite | 4 | Syenite | Bleached | Host |
| Syenite | 5 | Syenite | Footwall | |
| Syenite | 6 | Syenite | Hanging Wall |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 8 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Mineralization found in tholeiitic Kinojevis altered basalts and in a basic syenite dike? (110 foot core intersection) within the basalts. Both syenite and basalt is bleached. Basalts cut by stringers with pyrite, chalcopyrite, magnetite, specularite and some tourmaline. The syenite is hematized and mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite and magnetite.
Aug 22, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Drill hole BL91-06 intersected 0.079 ounce Au per ton and 0.15% Cu over 7.7 feet between 319.4 feet and 327.1 feet. Drill hole BL-15, drilled 200 to the north of BL91-06, intersected 0.20 ounce Au per ton over 20 feet between 918.0' and 938.0', 0.145 ounce Au per ton and 0.33% Cu over 27.5 feet between 1082.0' and 1109.5', 0.157 ounce Au per ton and 1.01% Cu over 62 feet between 1241.0' and 1303.0', and 0.094 ounce Au per ton and 1.6% Cu over 35.2' between 1379.8' and 1415.0'.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0203, KL-2757, KL-3437
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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: 413-415 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: G0168 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Queenston Annual Report 1991, p. 5
Publication Number: QMI AR 91 Page: 5 Date: 1991
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File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report #57
Publication Number: PV 57 Date: 1901
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report #61
Publication Number: PV 61 Date: 1901
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Thesis - The Geology of the Upper Beaver Mine, Gauthier Township, Ontario
Publication Number: MSc Thesis Date: 1974
Author: Morris, J.H.
Publisher Name: University of Waterloo
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP Office
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