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| Record Name(s) | Island 524 SV Occurrence - 1983, Baker - 1909, Miller - 1907, Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - 1980, Hopkins - 1918 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Zinc
Township or Area: Mistaken Islands Area
Latitude: 48° 37' 6.14" Longitude: -79° 35' 7.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 604258.593 Northing: 5385999.314 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D12NE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1907: Miller (1907) reported that free gold could be panned from pyritic and variably chalcopyrite bearing quartz veins and quartz vein breccias. 1909: Baker (1909) reported that picked samples returned gold assays of no greater than about 0.20 ounce of gold per ton. 1918: Hopkins (1918) reported that low gold values were obtained from variably pyritic and limonitic banded chert, chalcedony, red jasper, and quartz 'resembling banded iron formation' on the south shore of Lake Abitibi between the Teddy Bear River and the Quebec border. 1973: Jensen (1973) reported that on island 524 SV, scattered pyrite and chalcopyrite blebs within quartz-calcite veins along brecciated fractures in altered volcanic rocks may assay as much as 0.01 ounce of gold per ton and 2.14% of copper. 1980: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. completed magnetic and VLF electromagnetic surveys in the area. 1981: Noranda Exploration diamond drilled 5 holes totalling 2,839 feet near gold occurrence. 1982: Noranda Exploration diamond drilled 2 holes totalling 399 feet and completed a VL electromagnetic survey. 1984: Noranda Exploration completed a 46 hole reverse circulation overburden drilling program totalling 3,321 feet and magnetic and VLF electromagnetic surveys. 1987: Noranda Exploration diamond drilled 9 holes totalling 7,204 feet. 1988: Noranda Exploration diamond drilled 4 holes totalling 2,621 feet.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.3319 | 32D12SE0036 | 32D12SE0036 |
| 12 | 32D12SE0751 | 32D12SE0751 |
| 14 | 32D12SE0801 | 32D12SE0801 |
| 11 | 32D12SE0687 | 32D12SE0687 |
| 16 | 32D12SE0724 | 32D12SE0724 |
| 15 | 32D12SE0739 | 32D12SE0739 |
| 2.6661 | 32D12SE0803 | 32D12SE0803 |
| 2.7599 | 32D12NE0004 | 32D12NE0004 |
| 2.7193 | 32D12SE0731 | 32D12SE0731 |
| 2.7960 | 32D12NE0001 | 32D12NE0001 |
| 32D12SE9703 | 20000004870 | 20000004870 |
| 19 | 32D12SE0712 | 32D12SE0712 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Jensen (1978) reported that on island 524 SV, a 50 m wide 120 striking shear zone is developed in ultramafic (komatiitic) volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group (Jensen and Langford 1985).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Komatiitic | Sheared | Host |
| Vein | 3 | Qcv (Ank); Py, Cp, | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Jensen (1978) reported that on island 524 SV, a 50 m wide 120 striking shear zone is developed in ultramafic (komatiitic) volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group (Jensen and Langford 1985). Within the shear are 15 m wide dikes and 1-2 m wide quartz-carbonate (ankerite) veins. The veins may contain 2-5% of pyrite and chalcopyrite as 1-20 mm size blebs. Miller (1907), Baker (1909), and Jensen (1973) reported that anomalously elevated gold (greater than 0.01 ounce of gold per ton) and copper (as much as 2.14%) tenors occurred in the area. Diamond drilling by Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. during the 1980's also yielded numerous anomalously auriferous (assaying greater than 0.01 ounce of gold per ton) core sections of significant (greater then 1 foot) length within ultramafic and mafic volcanic rocks and felsic intrusive material.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Talc | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Jensen (1978) reported that on island 524 SV, a 50 m wide 120 striking shear zone is developed in ultramafic (komatiitic) volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group (Jensen and Langford 1985). Within the shear are 15 m wide dikes and 1-2 m wide quartz-carbonate (ankerite) veins. The veins may contain 2-5% of pyrite and chalcopyrite as 1-20 mm size blebs. Miller (1907), Baker (1909), and Jensen (1973) reported that anomalously elevated gold (greater than 0.01 ounce of gold per ton) and copper (as much as 2.14%) tenors occurred in the area. Diamond drilling by Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. during the 1980's also yielded numerous anomalously auriferous (assaying greater than 0.01 ounce of gold per ton) core sections of significant (greater then 1 foot) length within ultramafic and mafic volcanic rocks and felsic intrusive material.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 50 | 120 |
Date: Feb 06, 1997
Geologist: R Degagne
Notes: N/A
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2102
Publication Number: Date: 1997
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP
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 - 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:
Part - Lake Abitibi Area
Publication Number: ARV18-01.009 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Lightning River area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2734 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1985
Author: Vagners U.J., Courtney S.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Notes on Lake Abitibi area
Publication Number: ARV27-01.007 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Stoughton Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80591 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Stoughton and Marriott townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R173 Page: 58-61 Date: 1978
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Lightning River area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: P2433 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1982
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 398-402 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP140.294 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Stoughton and Marriott townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2390 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1978
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - 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
Location:
Map - Geological series, Stoughton Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0823 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1973
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Map of the Lake Abitibi area, District of Nipissing
Publication Number: ARM18D Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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