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| Record Name(s) | Mining Corporation-West Group - 1922, R. Cryderman - 1922, Freewest Resources Inc. - 1989, Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - 1988, Claim 10476 - 1922, Lightning Zone - 1987 |
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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-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Holloway
Latitude: 48° 31' 29.73" Longitude: -79° 44' 43.31"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 592636 Northing: 5375406 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D12SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Data Compilation
1922: R. Cryderman - staking. 1922-1923: Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd: stripping, trenching, sampling, DD-2-1131 ft. The claims were surveyed and a 5 foot wide shear hosting 'encouraging' gold values was discovered. 1925: C.W. Knight reported that on claim no. 10476, oxidized material from a vertically dipping shear developed within pillowed volcanic rocks containing quartz stringers up to 6 inches in width yielded gold when panned. Elsewhere on the claim, a massive pyritic mauve colored rock was exposed. 1982: Canadian Nickel Company Limited - airborne geophysics. 1985-89: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. (operator) and Freewest Resources Inc.: mapping, magnetic and VLF-EM surveys, soil sampling. 1986: DD-3-686.6 m, assays; 1987: DD-25-6914.89 m, assays. 1990: Noranda Exploration Company, Limited: DD-7-1919.0 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0893/OMIP90-142/63.6122 | 32D12SE0301 | 32D12SE0301 |
| 2.4686 | 32D12SE0038 | 32D12SE0038 |
| KL-0893/OM87-6-L-134 | 32D12SW0302 | 32D12SW0302 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Geological mapping (Satterly 1954; Jensen 1982; Jensen and Langford 1985; Jensen and Baker 1986; Johnstone and Steele 1989; Vagners and Courtney 1985; McClenaghan et al. 1988, 1987; Steele 1988) indicates that the Mining Corp. of Canada claims are within the east striking Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone and are underlain mainly by largely glacial drift covered weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) Archean volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Stoughton-Roquemaure Group and Porcupine-Destor Complex.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic pillowed flow | 1 | Basalt | Pillowed, Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Conglomerate | 2 | Greywacke, Conglomerate | Sheared | Adjacent |
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase | Intrudes | |
| Vein | 4 | Quartz |
Jul 29, 2016 (R Degagne) - Stripping completed during the early 1920's revealed east to east northeast striking and vertically dipping pyritic and variably carbonate bearing and sericitic quartz stringer bearing schists from which gold may be panned. Chip or channel sampling completed in the 1920's is reported to have yielded assays as high as 0.16 ounce of gold per ton and surface samples of 0.09, 0.05 and 0.026 ounce of gold per ton across sampling lengths of 6.1, 8, and 32 feet, respectively. More recently, diamond drilling by Noranda Exploration Co. and Freewest Resources is reported to have intersected significant gold tenors. The auriferous Lightning Zone is reported to plunge westward, to be associated with a contact zone developed between mafic and ultramafic volcanic rocks along the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone, to dip south 65-75 degrees, and to contain 5-30% of pyrite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Medium | Disseminated |
Jul 29, 2016 (A Wilson) - In 1922, W. Emens collected 41 samples from the shear zone with gold assays reanging from nil to 0.16 oz/t Au; 33 samples were below 0.05 oz/t Au. The shear zone has a width of 4 to 7 feet. Emens collected an additional 56 samples for gold assay from a trench near the west boundary of the claim. Forty-eight of the samples ran nil to 0.13 oz/t, 7 samples ran 0.20-0.36 oz/t Au and 1 sample yielded 1.61 oz/t Au. Drill hole no. 89-29 is reported to have intersected 53.1 feet of material averaging 0.21ounce of gold per ton from a depth of 1,175 feet (The Northern Miner, January 23, February 13, 1989). Diamond drill hole no. 88-27 is reported to have intersected a 57.4 foot core length averaging 0.17 ounce of gold per ton at a vertical depth of 1,250 feet. Within this intersection, core lengths of 9.8, 2.8, and 4.1 feet are reported to have averaged 0.54, 0.51 and 0.53 ounce of gold per ton, respectively. The 1988 diamond drilling is reported to have explored a zone of altered (quartz-carbonate-pyrite) mafic volcanic rocks along 1,500 feet of strike and to a depth of 600 feet.
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Stripping completed during the early 1920's revealed (Sutherland et al. 1923, Knight 1925, Gledhill 1925, Satterly 1954) east to east northeast striking and vertically dipping pyritic and variably carbonate bearing and sericitic quartz stringer bearing schists from which gold may be panned. Chip or channel sampling completed in the 1920's is reported to have yielded assays as high as 0.16 ounce of gold per ton and surface samples of 0.09, 0.05 and 0.026 ounce of gold per ton across sampling lengths of 6.1, 8, and 32 feet, respectively. More recently, diamond drilling by Noranda Exploration Co. and Freewest Resources is reported to have intersected significant gold tenors. The auriferous Lightning Zone is reported (The Northern Miner, January 15, 1990) to plunge westward, to be associated with a contact zone developed between mafic and ultramafic volcanic rocks along the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone, to dip south 65-75 degrees, and to contain 5-30% of pyrite.
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Stripping completed during the early 1920's revealed (Sutherland et al. 1923, Knight 1925, Gledhill 1925, Satterly 1954) east to east northeast striking and vertically dipping pyritic and variably carbonate bearing and sericitic quartz stringer bearing schists from which gold may be panned.
| 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 | 579 | 70 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning Zone | 1990 | Unclassified | 2268000 | OFR 5735, V.1, p. 515 | Tonnage reserves are estimated | Gold 6.85 g/t |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-1883
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Part of the Lightning River area, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM34A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Lightning River gold area
Publication Number: ARV33-03.004 Page: 47-48 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - North part of the Township of Holloway, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-04 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Hogg N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the north half of Holloway Township
Publication Number: ARV62-07 Page: 31-32 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Lightning Mountain area, Lightning River area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: P2432 Scale: 1:15,840 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:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0028 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Holloway Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF272 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
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:
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: 550-593 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Harker Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80599 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Lightning River gold area (District of Cochrane)
Publication Number: ARV34-06.004 Page: 96 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Holloway Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80600 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR6091 Page: 85 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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:
Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP140.294 Page: 112-123 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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