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MDI32D04SW00034
| Record Name(s) | Moffat-Hall - 1984, Silver Lake - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Mar-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-May-23 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Lebel
Latitude: 48° 10' .98" Longitude: -79° 54' 39.31"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 580977.51 Northing: 5335428.4 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D04SW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1917 – 1918: F.C. Bidgood – staked property 1923: Tonopah Mining Company: optioned the property; surface prospecting 1928: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. – optioned the property; unspecified development 1931 – 1932: Moffat-Hall Gold Mines Ltd. – sinking of a 2-compartment shaft to 570 feet; 2800 ft of lateral development on levels at 150, 300, 425, and 550 feet. 1934: H. Jardin – leased the property; shipped 3178 tons of ore to the Noranda mill. 1934 – 1935: Bidgood Kirkland Gold Mines Ltd. – leased the property; underground development; small amount of production. 1936: Moffat-Hall Mining Company Ltd. – resumed operations for a short time. 1938: (company unknown) – 6 surface DDH, totaling 1031 feet 1941 (company unknown) – 6 surface DDH, totaling 12 837 feet 1964: Consolidated Virginia Mining Corp. – geological survey and trenching 1965-1966: Tegren Gold Mines Ltd. – 6 DDH totaling 690 feet (210 m) 1973: E.C. Deloye – trenching and stripping. 1980-1985: Silver Lake Resources Inc.- line cutting, ground geophysical surveys (MAG, VLF-EM, IP) and 33 DDH totaling 21,141 feet (6427 m)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0768 | 32D04NW0200 | 32D04NW0200 |
| 2.3675, KL-0768 | 32D04NW0261 | 32D04NW0261 |
| 2.3898, KL-0768 | 32D04NW0255 | 32D04NW0255 |
| 63A.439 | 32D04NW0291 | 32D04NW0291 |
| 2.28958, KL-5408 | 32D04NW2053 | 32D04NW2053 |
| 2.20670, KL-4876 | 32D04NW2029 | 32D04NW2029 |
| 63.5833 | 32D04NW0175 | 32D04NW0175 |
| 2.32535, KL-5615 | 20000001714 | 20000001714 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Altered And Fractured | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Diorite | 3 | Quartz-Diorite | Fractured | Contains |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Trachyte | Massive, Sometimes Porphyritic | Contains |
| Sandstone | 5 | Greywacke | Near | |
| Conglomerate | 6 | Conglomerate | Near | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 7 | Andesite | Cherty, abundant magnetite | Near |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 8 | Alteration | Contains |
May 22, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Gold mineralization is associated with pyrite-chalcopyrite stringers in altered felsic or trachytic volcanic rocks. Five zones labelled "Veins" are identified: No. 1 Vein: Located in Moffat-Hall shaf, it consists of a shear zone and/or fractured diorite and porphyry with dark blue quartz stringers and a large amounts of disseminated pyrite. No. 2 Vein: Strikes parallel to No. 1 Vein with similar lithology but yields less gold. Discovery Vein: It is the contact between greywacke and porphyry. Boundary Vein: A shear zone with pyrite rich quartz lenses and stringers in altered quartz porphyry. Blue Vein: A zone of alteration and fracturing with quartz veins and pyrite mineralization within the porphyry.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 1 | Sericite | Alteration | |||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Alteration | |||||
| 3 | Chlorite | Alteration |
Mar 24, 2015 (J Suma-Momoh) - Assays from underground ranged from 0.09 to 0.75 ounce of Au per ton (3.09 to 25.71 g/t). The best ore was found where the vein occupied a sheared contact between a narrow porphyry dike and the Bidgood diorite body.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 14867 |
Silver 1149 Ounces Gold 4768 Ounces |
OFR6007 | 4768 ounces of gold grading 0.29 ounce/ton, and 1149 ounces of silver produced. |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0656, KL-0768, KL-1906, KL-2258
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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
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: 147 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
Mono - Geology of Lebel Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: OFR5211 Page: 91-94 Date: 1976
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0186 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit KL #25
Publication Number: PV025 Date: 1989
Author: Lovell, H.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Lebel and Gauthier townships (area between Kirkland and Larder lakes)
Publication Number: ARV32-04.002 Page: 75 Date: 1997
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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