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Record: MDI32D04NW00023

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Tellurium

Location

Township or Area: Lebel

Latitude: 48° 9' 51.95"    Longitude: -79° 54' 43.52"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 580894.51   Northing: 5335148.408    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04NW

Point Location Description: Mineralized zone

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: The Moffat-Hall property consists of 10 contiguous freehold leased mining claims. Access is via Hwy 66 from Kirkland Lake to King Kirkland and then northeast via the Bidgood Road. The trenched areas are within 600 m of the Bidgood Road, approximately 2.7 km from the junction with Hwy 66.

Exploration History

1917-1918 - Staked by F.C. Bidgood 1920 - Trenching. 1923 - Tonopah Mining Company completed surface prospecting 1928 - Mclntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. completed unspecified development. 1931-1932 - A 2-compartment shaft was sunk to 550 feet with levels at 150, 300, 425 and 550 feet opened, 1,200 feet of cross-cutting and 1,600 feet of drifting. 1934 - H. Jardin shipped 3,178 tons ore to the Noranda Mill which produced $166,569.00 gold value. 1934-1935 - A raise was driven to connect the Moffat-Hall 425-foot level with the Bidgood 500-foot level and production continued until July 1935. about 1936 - Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. sampled and mapped the underground workings and did surface diamond drilling. 1936 - Operations resumed briefly under the name of Moffat-Hall Mining Co. Ltd. 1937-1943 - Moffat-Hall Mining Co. Ltd. drilled 27 surface holes. 1954 - Upper Canada Mines Ltd. trenched, sampled and drilled 12 holes. 1962 - Surface trenching located gold-bearing shear zone 3,000 feet east of shaft. 1964 - Consolidated Virginia Mining Corporation completed line-cutting and cleaning out, sampling and mapping of old trenches. 1965-1966 - Tegren Gold Mines Limited drilled six holes totalling 688 feet. 1973 - Trenching and stripping by E.C. Deloye 1980-1985 - During 1980 ENR Partnership optioned the property from F. 0'Connor. In 1981 ENR was absorbed by Silver Lake Resources Inc. Silver Lake Resources Inc. completed 18.8 miles of linecutting, magnetometer survey, VLF-EM survey, an I.P. survey on claim L. 531175 and 21,141 feet of diamond drilling in 33 holes near the Moffat-Hall Mine, the 'Blue Vein' and the 'Bidgood Break'. 1988-1999 - International Platinum Corporation completed 6.5 miles of I.P., selected mis a la masse and 21 diamond drill holes totalling 7,744 feet. 2000 - Goldaur Resources Inc. stripped 5 areas, washed, sampled and mapped the exposures.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming

Geological Age: Archean  

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The geology of Lebel Township was mapped, by A. MacLean (1944), in the late 1930's and was released as ODM Map 53A at a scale of 1:12,000. The Moffat-Hall property is underlain by Timiskaming Series sedimentary and mafic alkalic volcanic rocks that have been intruded by 'porphyrite'. Porphyrite is a generic term used by MacLean to describe partially digested sediments and feldspar ? quartz porphyry. These may be either intrusive rocks or partially digested sedimentary or volcanic rocks. They are typically fine to medium grained light grey to buff with feldspars phenocrysts up to 5 mm in diameter. Rock fragments or clasts are common but do not necessarily aid in identifying the origin of the source rock. The 'porphyrite' rocks have been subsequently intruded by brick-red to mauve, massive feldspar porphyry dikes. A number of strong, parallel, northeast-striking, north dipping shear zones traverse the property.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The Moffat-Hall property is underlain by Timiskaming Series sedimentary and mafic alkalic volcanic rocks that have been intruded by 'porphyrite'. Porphyrite is a generic term used by MacLean to describe partially digested sediments and feldspar ? quartz porphyry. These may be either intrusive rocks or partially digested sedimentary or volcanic rocks. They are typically fine to medium grained light grey to buff with feldspars phenocrysts up to 5 mm in diameter. Rock fragments or clasts are common but do not necessarily aid in identifying the origin of the source rock. The 'porphyrite' rocks have been subsequently intruded by brick-red to mauve, massive feldspar porphyry dikes.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - A number of strong, parallel, northeast-striking, north dipping shear zones traverse the property. Within the 'porphyrite', silicification, sericitization and quartz veining has developed within brittle fracture zones. Sulphide mineralization consisting of up to 10% pyrite and possibly minor molybdenite occurs in the altered fractures. Recent trenching program confirmed the existence of 3 parallel 'Blue Vein' alteration zones. The strike length of each of the 3 zones is in excess of 500 m. Mapping and sampling by Goldaur indicates that the zones are separated by 30-40 m. Assays on the southern zone were higher, with the best assays, from chip sampling, in the 85-1 trench averaging 4.39 g/t Au over 4.0m. Channel sampling, to recheck the zone, returned 95.08 g/t Au over 2.7 m including one sample, which returned 549.16 g/t Au over 0.4 m. A pulp and metallic assay revealed no visible gold present and upon further analysis returned 1590 ppm tellurium (Carmichael, 2000). The writer believes that this sample included a 10 cm wide pyrite-rich band. Similar bands in the Bidgood Mine located to the northeast, were often high grade, near 1 ounce per ton Au (G. Parsons, Personal Communications 1990).

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Silicification, sericitization and quartz veining has developed within brittle fracture zones. Sulphide mineralization consisting of up to 10% pyrite and possibly minor molybdenite occurs in the altered fractures. Presumably, molybdenite imparts a bluish tint to the rocks, which has been termed the 'Blue Vein Zone'. Kirkland Lake RRGO staff sampled zones of the strongest blue alteration and assays of up to 250 ppm antimony were obtained.

Assay Samples

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Shear

Site Visit Information

Date: May 01, 2001

Geologist: D Guidon

Notes: Eastern Trench visited August 10 and the western trenches August 31. The strike length of each of the 3 zones is in excess of 500 m. Mapping and sampling by Goldaur indicates that the zones are separated by 30-40 m. Assays on the southern zone were higher, with the best assays, from chip sampling, in the 85-1 trench averaging 4.39 g/t Au over 4.0m. Channel sampling, to recheck the zone, returned 95.08 g/t Au over 2.7 m including one sample, which returned 549.16 g/t Au over 0.4 m. A pulp and metallic assay revealed no visible gold present and upon further analysis returned 1590 ppm tellurium (Assessment file KL-4876). See OFR 6051, Figure 3, p.59. Samples collected and photos: Most eastern trench - distance from southern end - 330 degrees; 00314 - 4 m; 00315 - 12 m - 730140, 730141; 00316 - 17 m; 00317 - 22 m; 00318 - 28 m; 00319 - 46 m; 00320 - 59 m; 00321 - 65 m; Most western trench - distance from northern end - 145 degrees; 00331 - 18 m - 730131; 00332 - 39 m - 730132, 730133, 730134, 730135; 00333 - 56 m; between 56 and 94 m - 730136, 730137, 730138, 730139; 00334 - 88.5 m.

References

Core - Resident Geologist drill core holdings DCL-KL-1213

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP

File - Resident Geologist files KL-0656, KL-1906, KL-2258

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office

Map - Township of Lebel, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM53A Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: MacLean A., Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Kirkland Lake gold area (a detailed study of the central zone and vicinity)

Publication Number: ARV37-02 Page: 157  Date: 1998

Author: Todd E.W., McMillan J.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Mineral resources and mining properties in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake area

Publication Number: MDC003 Page: 55-56  Date: 1964

Author: Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 92-94  Date: 1981

Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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: 147  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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File - Res/Reg Property Visit KL#25

Publication Number: PV-25 Date: 1901

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office

Mono - Geology Of Lebel Township

Publication Number: B150 Date: 1998

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Mono - Report of Activities 2000, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts

Publication Number: OFR6051 Page: 12-23, 59  Date: 2001

Author: Meyer G., Cosec M., Grabowski G.P.B., Guindon D.L., Hailstone M.H., Stephenson C.D., Wallace L.M., Debicki R.L., Yule G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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