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Record: MDI32D12SE00141

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper

Location

Township or Area: Holloway

Latitude: 48° 30' 39.54"    Longitude: -79° 43' 9.96"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 594576.52   Northing: 5373888.03    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D12SE

Point Location Description: GDIF 272 Exploration Data Map

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: A point 3.12 km south and 2.44 km east of the northwest corner of Holloway Township.

Exploration History

1949: Lobanor Gold Mines Ltd. diamond drilled in the area. Of this drilling, 2 holes totalling 1,847 feet were spotted on ground which would become part of the Argentex Resource Exploration claims. 1960-1961: Revere Mining Corp. Ltd. completed magnetic and resistivity electromagnetic surveys and diamond drilled at least 12 holes totalling at least 5,966 feet . 1981: Canadian Nickel Co. Ltd. .completed magnetic and electromagnetic surveys over them. 1984: The R.J. Kasner Co. Ltd. optioned 50 contiguous claims from Canadian Nickel Co. Argentex Resource Exploration Corp. commissioned an appraisal of the Kasner/Canadian Nickel Co. claims to be made and, on the basis of this, acquired the Kasner interest in the Canadian Nickel Co. property. Argentex Resource Exploration completed magnetic, VLF, and HL electromagnetic surveys, a geological survey, a geochemical (humus) survey, 26 reverse circulation drill holes, and collected basal till samples via backhoe. Argentex Resource Exploration also diamond drilled 11 holes totalling 4,337 feet.1985: Argentex Resource Exploration diamond drilled 2 deep holes (and wedged holes off one of these) totalling 6,740.5 feet which were designed to intersect on Argentex Resource Exploration ground the down dip extension of the Mattawasaga deposit (at the time held by Canamax Resources Inc). 1986: Canadian Nickel Co. and Argentex Resource Exploration continued to diamond drill. 1989: AXR Resources merged with other R.J. Kasner Group companies to form Greater Lenora Resources Corp.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist

Geology Comments

Aug 02, 2016 (C Salo) - Geological mapping iindicates that most bedrock in the area consists of largely glacial drift covered weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) tholeiitic basalt and volumetrically minor interflow tuffaceous and/or clastic sediment of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group. Bedrock stratigraphy strikes east northeast, dips steeply south, and faces south. Bedrock in the southern part of the property is south of the east striking Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone (PDFZ) and occupies part of the north limb of the east striking and east plunging Blake River Synclinorium. The northern part of the property is largely glacial drift covered and bedrock is marginal to or within the PDFZ, the extent of which is poorly understood due to lack of bedrock exposure. The PDFZ in the Harker-Holloway Township area is structurally and lithologically complex, consisting of juxtaposed fault and/or shear bounded blocks. Metamorphosed and variably altered ultramafic to felsic volcanic rocks, tuffaceous rocks, clastic and chemical sedimentary rocks, and (usually felsic) intrusive rocks are all characteristic of the PDFZ.

Lithology

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Dia.drilling in the NE part of the Canadian Nickel Co./Argentex claims in 1984 is rpted. to have inters. Graphitic, sericitic fg interflow sed. between footwall (northern) silicified Mg-tholeiitic basalt and hanging wall (southern) Fe-tholeiitic basalt. The best Au assay rpted. from this interflow mater. is from a 4.7' long core section which aver. 0.055 oz Au/ton. Dia.drilling in the western part of the claim group in 1984 is rpted. to have inter. a 4.2 foot core length of brecciated mafic flow mater. which aver. 0.01 oz Au/ton. Dia. drilling in the NW part of the claim group in 1985 was desig. to estab. whether the aurif. Mattawasaga deposit mineralized zones extend at depth onto the Canadian Nickel Co. /Argentex prop. The southernmost Mattawasaga aurif. zone (aver. 0.144 ounce of Au per ton along a core length of 20.2' where inters. by the Argentex drilling) was interp. to have been inters. at a down hole depth of 2,431'. The central Mattawasaga aurif. zone (aver. 0.056 oz Au/ton along a core length of 30.7' where inters. by the Argentex drilling) was interp. to have been inters. at a down hole depth of 2,482'. The southernmost Mattawasaga aurif. zone (aver. 0.039 oz Au/per ton along a core length of 67' where inters. by Argentex) was interp. to have been inters. at a down hole depth of 2,577'.Dia. drilling by both Revere Mining Corp. and Argentex in the eastern part of the claim group is rpted. to have encount. anom. Au tenors near or within the PDFZ in rxs desc. to be var. brecc. clastic or chemical sed., schists, or mafic volc. rxs. Minerals highlighted in the drill logs to be assoc. with anom. elevated Au conc. include var. developed qtz carb veins, vein tour, gf, pink fel, ep, ser, perv.(?) silicific., perv.(?) cb, chl, hem, py, cp. Deep dia.drilling in the western part of the claim group is interp. to have inters. at depth the down dip extens. of the aurif. Mattawasaga deposit. Here, Au is assoc. with py+cp.

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology of the Magusi River area, Cochrane and Timiskaming districts

Publication Number: P2483 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Baker C.L., Steele K.G., Seaman A.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Folio - Holloway Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GDIF272 Date: 1997

Author: Kirkland Lake RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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Map - Geological series, preliminary results of bedrock samples from the sonic drilling, 1985, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2986 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1986

Author: Jensen L.S., Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area

Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1643-1648  Date: 1990

Author: Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological series, bedrock samples from the sonic drilling program 1987, Matheson area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P3114 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1989

Author: Johnstone R.M., Sutcliffe R.H., Steele K.G., Baker C.L., McClenaghan M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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 - Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist area, Northern Region

Publication Number: MP128.007 Page: 179-212  Date: 1997

Author: Lovell H.L., Grabowski G.P.B., Guindon D.L., Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area

Publication Number: MP136.294 Page: 200-214  Date: 1997

Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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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

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Part - Geology of the north half of Holloway Township

Publication Number: ARV62-07 Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Article - Reconnaissance till sampling program, Matheson-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: MP141.081 Page: 472-477  Date: 1997

Author: Steele K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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