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| Record Name(s) | Teddy Bear Group, Claims 11289 and 11290 - 1925, Hofmann-Harker Option - 1947, Lightval Mines Ltd. Property - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Harker
Latitude: 48° 30' 32.79" Longitude: -79° 47' 23.5"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 589378.48 Northing: 5373595.03 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D12SW
Point Location Description: trench
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: A point 3.18 km south and 2.67 km west of the northeast corner of Harker Township. The approximate location of this occurrence is near the common boundary of patented claim nos. 32727 and 19201, along the common boundary of the Lightval Mines and Teddy Bear Valley Mines groups of patented claims.
1922-1930: Teddy Bear Mines Ltd. - trenching; ground magnetic survey.1944: Frobisher Exploration Co. - mapping. 1947-1984: Teddy Bear Mines and Lightval Mines Ltd. - ground magnetic survey, DD-2-1304.8 ft., mapping. 1997: Barrick Gold Corporation - IP survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.18543 | 32D12SW2004 | 32D12SW2004 |
| KL-1626/OM36-PE32-P-80/63.3940 | 32D12SE9334 | 32D12SE9334 |
| KL-2642/63.3930/ OM9-PE7-C-80 | 42A08NW0062 | 42A08NW0062 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Jun 25, 2015 (C Salo) - The largely glacial drift covered weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) basalt in which the trench is excavated belongs to the (Archean) Kinojevis Group, and is northeast striking, steeply dipping, and south facing.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Carbonatized Basalt | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Turbiditic | Adjacent | |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Near | ||
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Schistose; Talc And Carbonate Bearing | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Jun 25, 2015 (C Salo) - Gledhill reported that: 'Trenching on the claims [11289-90] has exposed carbonatized sheared greenstones containing a network of small quartz veins. The rusty weathering schist is said to assay $0.80 to $1.25 per ton in gold. Small dikes of feldspar porphyry are also intruded into the schists.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Ghost Range area, Lightning River area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: P2431 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Lightning River gold area (District of Cochrane)
Publication Number: ARV34-06.004 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Part - Geology of Harker Township
Publication Number: ARV60-07 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and petrogenesis of the Archean Abitibi belt in the Kirkland Lake area, Ontario
Publication Number: MP123 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Jensen L.S., Langford F.F.
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:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.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:
Map - Township of Harker, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1951-04 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Hogg N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR6091 Scale: Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Reconnaissance till sampling program, Matheson-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP141.081 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Steele K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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