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Record: MDI32D04SW00040

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Lebel

Latitude: 48° 9' 22.34"    Longitude: -79° 57' 4.07"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 578004   Northing: 5334194    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04SW

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Access is through the hamlet of King Kirkland. Travel south on the most westerly street in King Kirkland. Approximately 0.4 km the road forks. Follow the left fork for approximately 0.6 km. At this point a snowmobile trail follows an old roadway to the left. Follow this road for approximately 0.1 km.

Exploration History

1918 - The initial claims were staked following the discovery of gold on the property by R. Montgomery. 1920-1923 - King Kirkland Gold Mines Ltd. was formed in 1920. Extensive exploration in the next 3 years about 30 narrow quartz-carbonate veins were discovered on the property. An inclined shaft was sunk with development on the 90-foot and 400-foot levels. 1923 - Tonopah Mining Co. optioned the property, completed additional lateral work on the 400-foot level. The option was dropped and the mine closed at the end of 1923. 1936 - The company reorganized as Kirkking Gold Mines Ltd. The workings were resampled and additional diamond drilling was completed. Sampling of the vein system did not return assays as expected from earlier underground sampling. The charter was surrendered in 1938 and the claims reverted back to King Kirkland Gold Mines Ltd. 1980-1983 - Lampe Resource Company Ltd. and propsectors Mike Leahy and Carl Forbes completed trenching and sampling, ground magenetics, VLF-EM and radiometric surveys, and diamond-drilled two holes.

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 property is underlain by a grey, fine to medium grained rock, with phenocrysts up to 8 mm in diameter. The rock is mapped as porphyrite by MacLean (1956). Two diamond drill holes from the property are stored at the Swastika drill core library (KL-1291 and KL-1292). Examination of the drill core shows that the rock is not consistently porphyritic. Rock fragments and possible bedding can be observed suggesting that, at least in part, the rock is sedimentary in origin.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The property is underlain by a grey, fine to medium grained rock, with phenocrysts up to 8 mm in diameter. The rock is mapped as porphyrite by MacLean (1956). Two diamond drill holes from the property are stored at the Swastika drill core library (KL-1291 and KL-1292). Examination of the drill core shows that the rock is not consistently porphyritic. Rock fragments and possible bedding can be observed suggesting that, at least in part, the rock is sedimentary in origin.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Numerous quartz-carbonate veins were prospected on the property. Most are less than a few inches across but, in places, some are up to 6 feet in width. The majority are northeast-trending with a steep dip to the north. The rock, in the vicinity of the veins, is altered to a yellowish-green colour and a strong foliation is sometimes developed. Near the shaft, fuchsite fragments can be observed in the rock. Carbonate staining indicates the presence of Fe-dolomite as well as calcite. Diamond drill hole KK-82-2 (core library number KL- 1291, MDi32DO4SWO0202), collared 500 feet north of the shaft, was drilled to the northwest and intersected 3 quartz-carbonate veins. The veins are identified as the No. 13, the No. 1 and a vein in-between (Hopkins, 1923). The rock has been altered by silica, sericite and chlorite development. Fine grained disseminated pyrite is present in concentration of about 4% and trace amounts of chalcopyrite have been observed. The alteration zone for the vein between the No. 13 and the No. 1 veins as observed in drill core extends from 109 to 156.5 feet down the drill hole. Sampling by Lampe Resources and Queenston of 22.2 feet of core over a 26.6 foot core length returned averaged assays 0.03 ounce ton gold. The remainder of the alteration zone remains unsampled.

Assay Samples

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 2       Structure Type: Fault

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Site Visit Information

Date: Jun 08, 1999

Geologist: D Guidon

Notes: Property visited July 28/94 with Linda Morash. Shaft not found. Samples 94329 and 94330 collected along the snow mobile trail, approximately 400 from the haft area. 94329 - dark grey green syenite with patchy calicte and trace pyrite - no assays 94330 - as 94329 - appears to be a cross cutting narrow dike - 1-2% pyrite - Au assays Sample 94331 collected from an outcrop on the snowmobile trail approximately 300 feet from the power line. 94431 - light to medium green, fg, 1-3% pyrite - trace calcite - qtz veining - silicified, chloritized - Au assays Sample 94332 - loose material from the shaft area 94332 - calcite vein, brecciated, trace py - Au assays

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-1426

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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

Location:

Part - Lebel and Gauthier townships (area between Kirkland and Larder lakes)

Publication Number: ARV32-04.002 Page: 70-72  Date: 1997

Author: Hopkins P.E.

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: 36-37  Date: 1964

Author: Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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: 145  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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Mono - Geology of Lebel Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: OFR5211 Page: 72-74  Date: 1976

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file

Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0193  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #20

Publication Number: PV 20 Date: 1996

Author: Lovell, H.L.

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office

Mono - Geology Of Lebel Township

Publication Number: B150 Date: 1998

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