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| Record Name(s) | Harker Gold Mine - 1924, Golden Harker Explorations Ltd. - 1955, Hurd Claim - 1918, Golden Harker Gold Deposit - 1955, Discovery-Lenora J.V. - 1984, Silverhawk Resources Ltd. - 1985, Perron Claim - 1919 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Harker
Latitude: 48° 27' 34.23" Longitude: -79° 47' 20.31"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 589531 Northing: 5368083 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D05NW
Point Location Description: The shaft is 1.54 km north and 1.70 km west of the southeastern corner of Harker Township.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed 39km north on the Harker-Holloway Road from highway 66 and then 3.2 km east on logging road off Harker-Holloway Road.
1918-23: 50 ft of trenching and blasting completed on Hurd Claim; an auriferous vein was discovered. 1924-1929: Harker Gold Mines Ltd.: trenching, No.1 shaft (to 268 ft) on quartz vein containing visible gold and pyrite assoc. gold; surface mapping, drifting (125, 250, 375 and 500 levels) and x-cutting (125, 250, 375 and 500 levels); 15 DDH's (5,600 ft); No. 2 shaft sunk to 58 ft. in 1928; No. 1 shaft deepened to 1050 ft.; 7000 ft drifting/x-cutting on 5 levels. 1955-1960: Golden Harker Explorations Ltd./Golden Harker Mines Ltd. - mapping, prospecting. 1981-83: Phelps Dodge Corporation of Canada Ltd. - VLF, EM, geological surveys, DD-9-3380 ft on claims optioned from Golden Harker Mines. 1984-85: Leonora Explorations - formed joint venture with Discovery Mines Ltd. - DD-7-3855 ft., reserve estimation; 1984-85: Lenora Explorations: formed joint venture with Discovery Mines Ltd.; DD-7-3855 ft. , reserve estimation; Discovery Mines ends joint venture; drill indicated reserve estimation; joint venture with Silverhawk Resources Ltd.; trenching, magnetometer, GC survey; DD-11 -7,703 ft.; heap leach test of core samples. 1986-88: New Strategic Metals: joint venture with Silverhawk Resources Ltd.; IP survey; DD-9-3,768 ft.; U/G exploration in No.1 shaft area (via ramp) reached 250 level; new auriferous zone discovered; ramp driven to 500 level; 173,841 ft3 of slashing on old drifts; raising (125 ft on 250 and 125 levels); 6,000 tons (0.115 oz. Au / ton) and 10,500 tons (0.051 oz Au / ton) stockpiled; DD-75-26,432 ft. acquired 100% interest in property; processed stockpiled material at Holt-McDermott Mine mill. 2004-08: Golden Harker Exploration Limited - data compilation, VLF, magnetometer, IP survey, DD-1-150 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7475 | 32D05NW0438 | 32D05NW0438 |
| KL-2265/ 2.4924 | 32D05NE0014 | 32D05NE0014 |
| KL-2265/2.4485 | 32D05NE0016 | 32D05NE0016 |
| 63.4137 | 32D05NW0113 | 32D05NW0113 |
| KL-5451/2.29889 | 20000000747 | 20000000747 |
| KL-0986/OM84-6-JV-99/ 63.4560 | 32D05NW0077 | 32D05NW0077 |
| KL-2265/ 63.4014/ OMEP-81-6-C-80 | 32D05NE0011 | 32D05NE0011 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Jun 24, 2015 (R Degagne) - Geological mapping indicates that the bedrock supracrustal assemblage is part of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group and that the Mine is on the north limb of the east striking and east plunging Blake River Synclinorium. The regional metamorphic grade is greenschist or lower metamorphic facies except marginal to felsic intrusive bodies, where amphibolite grade contact metamorphic aureoles may be developed. Most bedrock in the area is mantled by variable thicknesses of Pleistocene and Recent deposits.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Porphyritic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Mafic pillowed flow | 3 | Tholeiitic Basalt | Pillowed | Adjacent |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Rhyolite | Near | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 5 | Variably Tuffaceous, Interflow Sediments | Host | |
| Vein | 6 | Quartz | Variably Brecciated | Host |
Jun 24, 2015 (R Degagne) - Bedrock underlying the property consists mainly of 070 striking, steeply south dipping, and south facing subaqueously deposited basalt flows, minor intercalated rhyolitic flows, and interflow (variably tuffaceous) sediment. Geochemical analyses of rocks in the area indicate that the basalt is tholeiitic and the rhyolite is calc alkalic. Intrusive rocks in the area include (narrow) dikes of lamprophyre and syenite. A small (several hundred feet in diameter) porphyritic albite syenite plug has been identified via diamond drilling to subcrop about 500 feet west of the Harker Gold Mines No.1 shaft. A single north northeast striking diabase dike of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm intrudes the supracrustal bedrock assemblage about 170 m east of the No.1 shaft. The quartz-calcite vein on which the 2 Harker Gold Mines shafts are sunk strikes 058º, dips south 83º, averages about 1 foot in width and is known to extend at least 3,000 feet along strike and from surface to at least the (vertical) 1,000 foot level. Where the vein is exposed at surface near the No.1 shaft, it is prominently ribbed and is hosted by hard, variably mauve colored carbonate bearing, sericitic, and pyritic rock which elsewhere in outcrop is weakly foliated and displays a fragmental (cataclastic) texture. A few tens of metres northwest of the No.1 shaft, unsheared, pillowed, light green nonmagnetic (Mg-rich) tholeiitic basalt is exposed, and south of the foliated fragmental horizon which hosts the vein, massive, nonsheared dark green magnetic (Fe-rich) tholeiitic basalt is exposed. The vein is 6-12 feet in width and 3000 ft. in length The vein material consists of quartz, carbonate and feldspar.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Propylitic | 1 | Weak | Disseminated | ||
| Epidote | Alteration | Saussuritization | 2 | Medium | Network |
Jun 24, 2015 (A Wilson) - Native gold is visible as fine rosettes in the siliceous parts of the vein and local patches of mauve-coloured vein material yield high values. Specimens of well-pyritized basalt from the Harker Gold Mines vein, when analysed by the Provincial Assayer, was found to carry $51.40 in gold per ton. Another sample of grey feldspar porphyry impregnated with fine pyrite crystals carried $0.80 gold per ton. Assays from approximately 300 ft west of the shaft a narrow section of high-grade ore was encountered. Assays showed $34.30 over 19 inches and at 603 ft west of the shaft a 25 ft section of $15.00 material was encountered. Mineralization at the Iris and Golden Harker deposits is associated with alkalic intrusive rocks. Gold occurs with disseminated pyrite and quartz veins in the intrusions and surrounding metavolcanic rocks. Hematite and albite are common alteration minerals in the intrusive rocks, whereas hematite, epidote, chlorite and sericite are common in the metavolcanic rocks. Scheelite and rare molybdenite are reported as accessory minerals.
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - The quartz-calcite vein is reported (assessment files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake) to be variably brecciated, ribbed, lensoidal, and stringer like. Vein material is reported to consist of grey and white quartz with variable amounts of calcite and contains small rosettes of fine grained visible gold and, on the 1,000 foot level, coarse grained visible gold (Gledhill 1925, Carmichael 1988). Other sulfide minerals which occur in the vein include pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite. Gangue minerals associated with the vein system include epidote, red garnet, calcite, sericite, quartz, and ilmenite (identified petrographically) (Gledhill 1925, Carmichael 1988).
Jun 24, 2015 (R Degagne) - Where the No.1 vein is exposed in a recently stripped area south of the No.1 shaft access road near the no. 1 post of claim no. 7306, it is hosted by variably Fe-dolomitized, calcite altered, sericitized, epidotized, and pyritic interflow sedimentary and tuffaceous rocks (samples AB-86-231 through -245). Peach colored felsic dike material is present in muck samples at this locality (samples AB-86-242 and -243), and quartz-garnet-pyrite veinlets (sample AB-86-232) may be developed. The vein here (sample AB-86-234) consists of narrow (decimetre scale) pyritic white quartz-albite hydrothermal material. Significantly anomalously elevated gold tenors from this area were found by the present writer to be associated with the No.1 quartz-albite vein (450 ppb Au, sample AB-86-234), with carbonatized and pyritic fine grained bedded interflow sediment spatially associated with the No.1 vein (1,060 and 410 ppb Au, respectively from samples AB-86-237 and -239), and with quartz-Fe-dolomite veins developed within pyritic, peach colored, felsic dike material (370 ppb Au from sample AB-86-242).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Breccia |
| 3 | Disseminated |
| 4 | Stockwork |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 914 | .3 | 305 | 58 | 83 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 122 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 1.8 |
Date: Jun 13, 1985
Geologist: R Degagne
Notes: Visited in 1985-86 by A. C. Bath Analyses*: AB-85-232 5620 Au ppb, 93 Cu ppm, 1 Pb ppm, 41 Zn ppm, 62 As ppm. 6170 Au ppb; AB-85-234 9740 Au ppb, 37 Cu ppm, 1 Pb ppm, 51 Zn ppm, 62 As ppm; 9940 Au ppb, --- Cu ppm, -- Pb ppm, -- Zn ppm, -- As ppm; 12000 Au ppb, --- Cu ppm, -- Pb ppm, -- Zn ppm, -- As ppm; 13710 Au ppb, --- Cu ppm, -- Pb ppm, -- Zn ppm.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harker Gold Mine | 1988 | Unclassified | 453600 | (The Northern Miner, March 7, 1988) | Reserves are estimated | Gold 0.16 oz/T |
| Golden Harker | 1986 | Possible | 169208 | assessment file KL-0986 | Gold 0.164 oz/T | |
| Harker Gold Mine | 1985 | Unclassified | 93440 | drill indicated | Gold 0.186 oz/T | |
| Harker Gold Mine | 1984 | Possible | 169208 | reserves are estimated | Gold 0.164 oz/T | |
| Harker Gold Mine | 1934 | Unclassified | 34869 | Gold 0.273 oz/T |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6481 |
Gold 27953 Grams |
International Leonora Exploration Report (1988) | production refers to dump material |
| 1988 | 13658 |
Gold 661.14 Ounces |
(G. Kasner, Operations Manager., Greater Lenora Res. Corp., personal communication., Feb. 1990) | 661.14 oz Au recovered from 15,056 tons processed. |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-1089
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Author:
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Township of Harker, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1951-04 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Hogg N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Gold area between lakes Abitibi and Night Hawk, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARM28B Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W., Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E., Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Gold area between lakes Abitibi and Night Hawk, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARM28B Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W., Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E., Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Magusi River area, Cochrane and Timiskaming districts
Publication Number: P2434 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1982
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Ghost Range Area
Publication Number: M2563 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: M2676 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R., Luinstra B., Ropchan J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of Parts of Lamplugh, Frecheville, Stoughton, Harker, Holloway and Marriott Townships, Ghost Range Area
Publication Number: P3615 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2010
Author: Dinel E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Abitibi-Night Hawk gold area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARV28-02.001 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W., Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E., Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Lightning River gold area (District of Cochrane)
Publication Number: ARV34-06.004 Page: 86-98 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, backhoe till samples, Harker and Elliott townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M80840 Date: 1987
Author: Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Bloom L.B., Brynaert R.C., Baker C.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Harker Township
Publication Number: ARV60-07 Page: 30-33 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - A report on Leonora Exploration Limited, Golden Harker Property.
Publication Number: INT. RPT. Date: 1988
Author: Carmichael, S. J.
Publisher Name: Leonora Exploration Ltd., internal report
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and petrogenesis of the Archean Abitibi belt in the Kirkland Lake area, Ontario
Publication Number: MP123 Date: 1985
Author: Jensen L.S., Langford F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Metallogenetic studies in the Black River-Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP126.059S Date: 1997
Author: Whittaker P.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Gold Occurrences of Ontario East of Lake Superior; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 192
Publication Number: GSC Mem 192 Page: 64-66 Date: 1936
Author: Kindle, E.D.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100824
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 72 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Regional alteration in Archean greenstone belts of the Superior Province: applications to exploration for massive, Cu-Zn sulphide deposits
Publication Number: OFR5367 Page: G0032 Date: 1981
Author: Beswick A.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 639-656 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0032 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Gold metallogenesis along the Pipestone and Destor-Porcupine deformation zones and associated structures
Publication Number: MP132.081 Date: 1997
Author: Whittaker P.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Summary of results from the Black River-Matheson [BRIM] reconnaissance surface till sampling program
Publication Number: OFR5749 Date: 1990
Author: McClenaghan M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Canadian Mineral Deposits not Being Mined in 1989
Publication Number: MR 223 Page: ONT-98 Date: 1990
Author:
Publisher Name: Energy Mines and Resources Canada
Location:
Article - Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist's District - 1988
Publication Number: MP142.013 Page: 267-300 Date: 1997
Author: Meyer G., Grabowski G.P.B., Lovell H.L., Guindon D.L., Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR6091 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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