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Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI32D04SW00383
| Record Name(s) | Montario - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jun-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver, Zinc, Kimberlite
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
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.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7402 | 32D04SW0307 | 32D04SW0307 |
| 20000020515 | 20000020515 | |
| 32D04SW0342 | 32D04SW0342 | |
| 32D04SW0314 | 32D04SW0314 | |
| 32D04SW0359 | 32D04SW0359 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Pacaud
Geological Age: Archean
| 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 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic And Alteration | |||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 1 | Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 |
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.
File - Resident Geologist file KL-1915
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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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