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Record: MDI32D04SW00073

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bidgood - 1985, Bidgood Kirkland - 1985
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1985-Jun-03
Date Last Modified 2023-Apr-12
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Lebel

Latitude: 48° 10' 5.42"    Longitude: -79° 54' 46.58"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 580825.51   Northing: 5335563.41    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04SW

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Access is by Highway 66 east from Kirkland Lake to the village of King Kirkland, and then by Bidgood Road.



Exploration History

1917-1918: Staked by F.C. Bidgood. Circa 1920: Bidgood Gold Mines Ltd. – prospecting and surface work. 1923-1924: sinking of No.1 Shaft to 600 feet with 3 400 feet of lateral development on the 300, 400 and 600 feet levels. 1924: Mine shut down. 1927-1931: Bidgood Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. – surface trenching, dewatering and deepening of No.1 Shaft to 725 feet; 3669 feet of underground lateral development, and 1720 feet of underground diamond drilling. 1933-1949: Bidgood Kirkland Gold Mines Ltd. – No.1 Shaft deepening to 855 feet and underground development. Underground diamond drilling to a maximum depth of 2075 feet. 1958: C.W. Tully – diamond-drilled one hole (244 m or 801 feet) 2002: Goldaur Resources Inc. – trenching, geological mapping, sampling. 2010: Queenston Mining Inc.- Vault Minerals merger: - 37 DDH totaling 8327 m. Queenston Mining Inc. later acquired the property from Vault Mining Inc. on June 10, 2010. 2010-2012: Queenston Mining Inc. – diamond drilled over 73 holes totaling over 14 963 m. Jan 3, 2013: Osisko Mining Corp. acquired the property form Queenston Mining Inc. 2014: Canadian Malartic Corp.(Agnico Eagle Mines and Yamana Gold Inc) - acquired the property


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-5089 32D04NW2039 32D04NW2039

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming

Geological Age: Archean  



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CalciteEconomicGangue
2QuartzEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue
4MolybdeniteEconomicGangue
5ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 24, 2015 (J Suma-Momoh) - Most of the ore produced came from seven quartz veins occupying northeast-striking and northwest-dipping thrust fault fractures in the diorite stock. Mineralization in the veins consists of calcite, pyrite, molybdenite, and chalcopyrite. Sampling program by Goldaur Resources Inc. in 2002 returned 2.43 g/t gold (Sample # 1276) assay as best. At the former gold-silver mine, radioactivity was detected by D. Lowe in 1966 across 90 m and along 360 m of intermittent outcrop. Radioactivity is more intense in interbedded conglomerate and greywacke and is most intense in rocks containing quartz veins. Assays were 0.2 pounds U3O8 per ton (radiometric equivalent).



Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Bidgood 2011 Indicated Mineral Resource 1490000 Queenston Mining Inc. press release, October 17, 2011 uncapped Gold 2.6 g/t
Bidgood 2011 Inferred Mineral Resource 382000 Queenston Mining Inc. press release October 17, 2011 uncapped Gold 4.53 g/t
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1951 531943 Gold 4982279 Grams
OGS 1979 page143. OFR5211 page 47. Produced 1934-1939, 1951. Produced 160 184 ounces of gold grading 0.27 ounces/ton (9.25 g/t).

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-0217

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


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

Publication Number: ARV32-04.002 Page: 73-74  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: 16-17  Date: 1964

Author: Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 81  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Geology of Lebel Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: OFR5211 Page: 43-48  Date: 1976

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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: 142-143  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 - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 136  Date: 1984

Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0187  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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