Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Firetower - 1995, Kirkland Commodore - 1995, Leahy - 1995 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1995-May-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Lebel
Latitude: 48° 8' 48.5" Longitude: -79° 54' 3.48"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 581749.533 Northing: 5333201.404 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D04NW
Point Location Description: Quartz vein
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Follow road to north from Hwy 66 along Lebel-Gauthier township border for 1.2 km. Go left at the fork in the road. The tower is about 1.15 km to the west along the road. The vein is approximately 25 to the northeast of the tower.
1950: Geological mapping and drilling by Mining Corporation. None of the holes under the showing. Closest holes to more than 100 m to the south. Assays for gold only. 1971: T. Gudrie trenched on the property. 1982: Tower Gold Resources Limited completed ground magnetometer and EM surveys. 1980: Property held by Queenston Mining Inc. No work filed. Material donated indicates sample collected from the trench ran 31 ppb Au and 5.1% (50,900 ppm) Cu. 1983 - 1984: Stripping and trenching by W. Egg.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.10083, KL-1598 | 32D04NW0202 | 32D04NW0202 |
| 2.6317, KL-0760 | 32D04NW0217 | 32D04NW0217 |
| 2.11737, KL-1598 | 32D04NW0189 | 32D04NW0189 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Veins within a wide band of trachyte flows within the Timiskaming assembalge. The band of trachyte trends approximately 120. Trenches on the vein strike about 030.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Silicified | Trachyte | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Medium | Veins |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - 1-3% disseminated chalcopyrite in brecciated quartz carbonate vein. Chalcopyrite subhedral, grains to 10 mm, most 2-3 mm.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Arsenic | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Barium | Unknown | 144 | ppm | |||
| Bismuth | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Chromium | Unknown | 226 | ppm | |||
| Copper | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Gold | Unknown | 27 | ppb | |||
| Lead | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Nickel | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Selenium | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Silver | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Tin | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Tungsten | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Zinc | Unknown | 422 | ppm |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown |
Date: Sep 07, 2000
Geologist: D Guidon
Notes: Property visited Agust 2, 1996. Collected sample 96316 - narrow qcv with chalcopyrite in silicified magnetic trachyte.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1431, KL-2710
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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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Mono - Geology Of Lebel Township
Publication Number: B150 Date: 1998
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Mono - Geology of Lebel Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: OFR5211 Date: 1976
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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