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Record: MDI32D04SW00202

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Lebel

Latitude: 48° 9' 27.31"    Longitude: -79° 57' 12.47"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 577828.322   Northing: 5334344.941    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04SW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The King Kirkland shaft is located southeast of the hamlet of King Kirkland. Gravel road access is gained by travelling south and then east on the most westerly street in the hamlet for approximately I km. At this point the roadway turns south toward the railway line and a snowmobile trail goes up a hill to the northeast. Follow the snowmobile trail for about 100 m. The shaft is cement capped and may be difficult to find. Drill hole KK-82-2 is located 110 m. north of the shaft.

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 in 1936 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. 2000 - Property optioned by Goldaur Resources Inc. stripped the overburden off the trace of the hole and sampled the zone on surface.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Zeolite

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. 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.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Diamond drill hole KK-82-2 (core library number KL- 1291, MDI32D04SW00202), 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. I 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.

Alteration 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.

Assay Samples

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Site Visit Information

Date: Jul 26, 1999

Geologist: D Guidon

Notes: Property visited July 28, 1994 and KK-82-2 examined October 23, 1996. All information suggests that drill hole KK-82-2 is the only hole to test vein systems north of the shaft. Although possibly the least interesting of the veins, the No. 13 vein has a strike length of at least 500 feet. The most interesting of the 3 veins intersected by drilling is the intervening one between the No. I and No. 13 veins, which has an alteration zone over a 47 foot core length. The western extension of this system would be under King Lake. An old assay plan found in assessment file KL- 1426 for the long cross-cut on the 400-foot level shows a zone averaging 0.04 ounce per ton -old over a distance of 93 feet. This assaying was done in the 1920's and check assays from other parts of the mine sampled by Kirkking in the 1930's were disappointing. The zone is approximately on strike with the systems intersected in hole KK-82-2. Property visited July 25, 2000. Quickly looked at the exposure in the trench. Rock didn't look different from the drill core. No samples collected or photos taken. It is my understanding that the assays were similar to that obtained in the core.

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

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Core - Drill Core Library KL1291

Publication Number: DCL KL1291 Date: 1982

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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 - 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 - 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 - 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: 1982

Author: Lovell, H.L.

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office

Mono - Geology Of Lebel Township

Publication Number: B150 Date: 1998

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