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| Record Name(s) | Interprovincial-North - 1927, Canagau - 1936, DDH Tx-102 - 1973, Claim L16197 - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1979-Jul-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Copper
Township or Area: Ben Nevis
Latitude: 48° 19' 2.4" Longitude: -79° 39' 38.79"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 599285 Northing: 5352438 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D05SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed on highway 66 east of Larder Lake for 1km to Lake Station Road/Pontiac access road. Continue 27.9km north and turn east for 1.6km to site.
1928: Interprovincial Exploration Co. Ltd. - shaft sinking with levels at 125,225 and 325 ft.; and 934 ft. of cross cutting; 1946: surface work, ground geophysics, DD; 1957: Canagau Mines Ltd. – DD-5; UG mapping 1964: Frobex Ltd. – DD. 1960: Hollinger Mines Ltd. – mapping,1964: P.J. Roche: DD-6-1971 ft. 1970-73: Amax Exploration Inc. – airborne geophysics, IP survey, DD-6-2453
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0025/2.975 | 32D05SE0017 | 32D05SE0017 |
| KL-0025/63.3103 | 32D05SE0056 | 32D05SE0056 |
| KL-0025/ 13 | 32D05SE0072 | 32D05SE0072 |
| KL-0025/12 | 32D05SE0073 | 32D05SE0073 |
| KL-0025/ 14 | 32D05SE0685 | 32D05SE0685 |
| KL-1288/63.3901 | 32D05SE0055 | 32D05SE0055 |
| KL-0025/ 2.448 | 32D05SE0016 | 32D05SE0016 |
| KL-1288/15 | 32D05SE0070 | 32D05SE0070 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyodacite | Silicified, Carbonatized | Host |
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Jan 22, 2016 (A Wilson) - The property is underlain by strongly carbonatized and sericitized rhyodacite tuff and tuff breccia. Three parallel, quartz-carbonate veins are found along shear zones.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Sericite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 22, 2016 (A Wilson) - Amax drill hole TX-102, drilled in Ben Nevis Township,returned the most encouragement with 7.5 feet averaging 2.63% Zn,0.40% Cu, 41.7 ppm Ag and 0.08% Pb. DDH TX-102-73 returned anomalously high values from 65 to 72.5 ft. and in sections in the interval 460 to 478 ft. The 7.5 ft. from 65 ft, averaged 2.63% Zn, 0.40% Cu, 41.7 ppm Ag, 0.08% Pb. Within this section 2.0 ft. from 65 ft. averaged 2.34% Zn, 0.11% Cu, 12.3 ppm Ag, 0.02% Pb and 2.0 ft. from 67 ft. averaged 0.81% Zn, 0.84% Cu, 32.4 ppm Ag,0.05% Pb and 3.2 ft. from 69.3 ft. averaged 4.21% Zn, 0.31% Cu, 69.0 ppm Ag, 0.15% Pb, In the deeper section encouraging values were reported from 469 to 478 ft., the best section being 2.0 ft. from 469 ft. which averaged 3.46% Zn, 0.17% Cu, 16.6 ppm Ag, 1.50% Pb. Historic assays from the shaft vein include: 0.02 oz/t Au, 0.34 oz/t Ag, 0.15% Cu, 30.29% Pb and 9.57% Zn; 5.60 oz/t Ag, 0.84% Cu, 0.52% Pb, 10.38% Zn. Sampling from the 225- ft level returned assays of 3.50 oz/t Au, 4.70 oz/t Ag, 0.52% Cu, 7.84% Pb and 11.48% Zn; and 3.50 oz/t Au, 3.60 oz/t Ag, 0.20% Cu, 8.10% Pb and 2.44% Zn.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Polymetallic) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podiform | 91.44 |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2969
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Ben Nevis, Munro, Kamiskotia, and other base metal areas, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARV37-03.001 Page: 25 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 352 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Clifford and Ben Nevis townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R132 Page: 37-42 Date: 1975
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geochemical exploration of Early Precambrian volcanogenic sulphide mineralization in Ben Nevis Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: S019 Date: 1977
Author: Wolfe W.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0085 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #178
Publication Number: PV 178 Date: 1996
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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