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General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum

Location

Township or Area: Lebel

Latitude: 48° 9' 15.93"    Longitude: -79° 57' 36.29"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 577341   Northing: 5333987    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04SW

Point Location Description: Shaft in claim L.3686 just south of the railway, 400 m WSW of King Lake.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: South on the most westerly street in the hamlet of King Kirkland for approximatley 380 m. At this point the road forks. Follow the right hand fork for approximately 440 m. At this point the road forks again. Take the left hand fork for approximately 80 m to the railway tracks. The shaft is approximately 40 m south of the tracks along the roadway.

Exploration History

1926-1928 Conroyal Mines, Limited sank a 550-foot 2-compartment shaft. A winze, located 440 feet south and 180 feet west of the shaft extends to a depth of 1115 feet. Drifting took place on a vein, carrying low grade gold values, at the contact of trachytes and conglomerates about 500 feet south of the shaft on the 550 foot horizon. The same vein is exposed on surface 400 feet south of the shaft. Most development on the 300 and 550 foot horizons (Todd, 1928). According to The Northern Miner (July 13, 1987), at the 1050-level an ore zone exits being 50 feet long, 9 feet wide and grading 0.47 opt Au. 1937 Kirk Royale Gold Mines dewatered the shaft and did a program of sampling and diamond drilling (KL-1444). 1948 Kirk Royale Gold Mines diamond drilled a 161 metre hole to test the extension of a strong shear zone and vein encountered on the 300 foot horizon about 800 feet north of the shaft (KL-1444). 1959-1963 Kirk Royale Gold Mines diamond drilled 10 holes totalling 446 metres. Targets included the vein at the shaft, the vein south of the shaft and some targets well west of the shaft possibly on strike with the shear zone north of the shaft (KL-1444). 1970-1976 Martin and Lalonde diamond drilled 5 holes totalling 452 metres and cleaned out and sampled some old trenches. Only 2 of the holes were in the vicinity of the shaft (KL-1754). 1979 Martin diamond drilled 1 hole totalling 65 metres. The holes is located north-west of the shaft probably intended to intersect the vein from the Lakeside Kirkland Number 1 shaft. 1987 Canadain Gold Resources Inc. dewatered and resampled the old workings (Lovell, 1987).

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming

Geological Age: Paleoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2685 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: CORFU ET.AL. 1989

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Zeolite

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The property is underlain by Timiskaming series rocks striking approximately east-west and dipping steeply south. The shaft was sunk on a 2 foot wide quartz vein in wacke sedimentary rocks consisting of alternating beds of sandstone and siltstone. Beds are 0.5 to 3 cm thick of very fine grain pinkish to greenis sandstone. Siltstone beds are very fine grain and black. Some cross bedding exists. Strike of the sedimentary rocks is 085 dipping 85 south. The shaft vein exits the shaft at a depth of 42 feet. At this depth its width was reported to be 7 feet (Hopkins, 1925). Approximately 400 feet south of the shaft the sedimentary rocks are possibly conglomeritic and in contact with an east-trending trachyte flows. Underground work was concentrated on an irregular vein that follows the contact, dipping 80 south. The enclosing rocks are reported to be highly altered by carbonate and pyrite (Todd, 1928). Approximately 800 feet north of the shaft there is a vein within feldspar porhyry on the 300 foot level. The vein strikes approximately 050 based on the drifting and dips 75 north according to a report by Todd (1928). The shaft is located approximately 6500 feet north of the Larder Lake Break. According to the report by Savage (KL-1444), the drift, on a northern heading from the shaft, cuts through 800 feet of intensely sheared greywacke. Foliation at the shaft was measured to be 070 dipping 65 south. The vein within the feldspar porphyry to the north of the shaft is north dipping. Approximately 200 feet to the north is what may be a branch of the Middle Harvey Fault. To the west, the Middle Harvey Fault is reported to be south dipping. To the east the fault appears to line up with the Bidgood Fault. According to Parsons (1980), the Bidgood fault also dips north. To the west of the working, a cross fault cuts the property at about 020.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The property is underlain by Timiskaming series rocks striking approximately east-west and dipping steeply south. The shaft was sunk on a 2 foot wide quartz vein in wacke sedimentary rocks consisting of alternating beds of sandstone and siltstone. Beds are 0.5 to 3 cm thick of very fine grain pinkish to greenis sandstone. Siltstone beds are very fine grain and black. Some cross bedding exists. Strike of the sedimentary rocks is 085 dipping 85 south. The shaft vein exits the shaft at a depth of 42 feet. At this depth its width was reported to be 7 feet (Hopkins, 1925). Approximately 400 feet south of the shaft the sedimentary rocks are possibly conglomerate and in contact with east-west trending trachyte flows. Underground work was concentrated on an irregular vein that follows the contact, dipping 80 south. The enclosing rocks are reported to be highly altered by carbonate and pyrite (Todd, 1928). Approximately 800 feet north of the shaft there is a vein within feldspar porhyry on the 300 foot level. The vein strikes approximately 050 based on the drifting and dips 75 north according to a report by Todd (1928).

Mineralization

Assay Samples

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Site Visit Information

Date: Oct 16, 1996

Geologist: D Guidon

Notes: Date Visited 1994/06/09 Initial visit to the property. The shaft was located and the rock dump examined. The surface exposure of the main vein, approximately 500 feet south of the sahft was searched for and not found. Outcrops indicated on MacLeans map are overgrown with a thick layer of moss. Samples collected: 94301 - qcv (minor Fe-rich dolomite) - trace sulphides - sample from rock dump. Thought I observes vg and tellurides but not detected under binoculare exam. 94302 - trachyte sample collected about 500 feet south of shaft. Pervasive Fe-poor calcite alteration. Date Visited 1994/07/14 Returned to find surface exposure of vein 500 feet south of shaft. Found extensive shallow surface trenching exposing the vein in a number of places. Trenches heavily overgrown. In the wackes the veining is weak and discontinous (samples 94316-94317). The vein was locate on the side of an outcrop 450 south and 200 feet west of the shaft (samples 94318-94319). 94316 - qv with minor Fe-poor dolomite. 94317 - wacke - moderate to intense Fe-poor dolomite and Fe-poor calcite disseminated through the rock. 94318 - qv with about 5% Fe-rich dolomite disseninated through the vein; Au - 15 ppb - OGC Laboratory, Sudbury. 94319 - conglomerate - moderate Fe-poor dolomite alteration with some Fe-poor calcite near veining.

References

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:

Book - Northern Miner 83-07-21, Canadian Gold, P A3

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1983

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:

Part - Kirkland Lake gold area (a detailed study of the central zone and vicinity)

Publication Number: ARV37-02 Page: 157-159  Date: 1998

Author: Todd E.W., McMillan J.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Mono - Mineral resources and mining properties in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake area

Publication Number: MDC003 Page: 44-45  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: 82-84  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: 145-146  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: G0194  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #22

Publication Number: PV 22 Date: 1987

Author: Lovell, H.L.

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office

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

Publication Number: ARV32-04.002 Date: 1997

Author: Hopkins P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Geology Of Lebel Township

Publication Number: B150 Date: 1998

Author:

Publisher Name:

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Journal - U–Pb zircon geochronology in the southwestern Abitibi greenstone belt, Superior Province; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (1989) vol. 26, no. 9

Publication Number: CJES 1989 Page: 1747-1763  Date: 1989

Author: Corfu, F., Krogh, T.E., Kwok, Y.Y., Jensen, L.S.

Publisher Name: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

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