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| Record Name(s) | Silver Century - 1998, Ossian Gold Mine - 1922 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-May-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Ossian
Latitude: 48° 14' 43.75" Longitude: -79° 34' 26.28"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 605868.795 Northing: 5344568.519 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D04NE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole OGM98-8
Location Method: Based on Assessment
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. Drill hole is about 1.5 km east of the Ossian Gold Mine 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. Best assays from holes #7 and #9 - 0.84 opt Au/10.7 feet and 0.698 opt Au/10 feet respectively. 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. 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. -- 8.18 ppm Au/4.2 m, 4.32 ppm Au/2.7m and 3.0 ppm Au/3.9m 1997 - 6 ddh totalling 1390 m - best 4.59 ppm Au/2.72m and 1.12 ppm Au/6.15 1998 - Silver Century drilled 2 holes totalling 1076m. Hole OGM98-8 intersected 0.22% Zn/13.5m. Also downhole EM and surface IP.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.19587 | 32D05SE2011 | 32D05SE2011 |
| 2.19182 | 32D05SE2010 | 32D05SE2010 |
| 2.17170, KL-4071 | 32D05SE0103 | 32D05SE0103 |
| 2.16991, KL-4033 | 32D05SE0101 | 32D05SE0101 |
| 2.18501 | 32D05SE2003 | 32D05SE2003 |
| 2.16992, KL-4034 | 32D05SE0102 | 32D05SE0102 |
| 2.18503 | 32D05SE2004 | 32D05SE2004 |
| KL-3725, OP93-713 | 32D05SE0091 | 32D05SE0091 |
| 2.2326 | 32D05SE0081 | 32D05SE0081 |
| 2.1983 | 32D05SE0084 | 32D05SE0084 |
| 2.179 | 32D05SE0083 | 32D05SE0083 |
| 63.3915 | 32D05SE0376 | 32D05SE0376 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Volcanics part of the east-plunging Blake River Synclinorium that lies between the Round Lake and Abitibi batholiths.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic massive flow | 1 | Bleached, Py | Massive | Host |
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| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Silica-Epidote Alteration | Breccia | Host |
| Mafic massive flow | 3 | Massive | Hanging Wall | |
| Mafic massive flow | 4 | Massive | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Brief drill log: 0 - 40 m - casing, 40 - 375 m - mafic volcanics, 377 - 395 m - intermediate lapilli tuff, 395 - 517 m felsic volcanics, 517 - 537 m intermediate lapilli tuff, 537 - 570 m mafic volcanics, 129-130.5 m - 6685 ppm Zn, 130.5-132 m - 5816 ppm Zn, 139.5-141 m - 7910 ppm Zn, 490.5-492 m - 5000 ppm Zn.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-2164, KL-4406, KL-4613, KL-4668
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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, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming
Publication Number: R125 Page: 40 Date: 1975
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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