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Record: MDI32D04SW00383

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Montario - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-22
Date Last Modified 2024-Jun-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver, Zinc, Kimberlite



Location

Township or Area: Boston

Latitude: 48° 2' 16.01"    Longitude: -79° 56' 34.09"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 578804   Northing: 5321040    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04SW

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

1953: Montario Exploration Ltd.- pitting, trenching, shaft excavation. 1970: Shepherd Explorations- 4 diamond drill hole totaling 300 m. 1983: Shiningtree Gold Resources Inc. conducted ground geophysics (MAG, EM). 2021: Goldenfire Minerals Inc. completed sampling, assaying and analyses.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.7402 32D04SW0307 32D04SW0307
20000020515 20000020515
32D04SW0342 32D04SW0342
32D04SW0314 32D04SW0314
32D04SW0359 32D04SW0359

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Pacaud

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt, andesite Silicified Contains
Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided 2 Near
Ironstone-unsubdivided 3 Banded magnetite-sulphide rich, chert Host
Vein 4 Quartz Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 5 Argillite Near
Gabbro 6 Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CarbonateEconomic And Alteration
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3CalciteEconomicGangue
4PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
5ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
6HematiteEconomicGangue
1SilicaAlterationSilicification1

Alteration Comments

Jun 11, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Within the shaft area, the Basalt, metasediments and banded iron formations are silicified and silicification varies from weak to strong. Quartz, if altered, is usually carbonated.




Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-1915

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Boston Township and part of Pacaud Township, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: M1957-04 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Lawton K.D.

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: 193  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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