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| Record Name(s) | Dale Gold Mines Property - 1946, Union Mining Option - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Sep-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Harker
Latitude: 48° 30' 59.31" Longitude: -79° 52' 13.56"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 583415.43 Northing: 5374322.97 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D12SW
Point Location Description: cluster of drill holes on west side of the Ghost River
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1945-1947: Dale Gold Mines Ltd.: strippping, trenching, pitting, magnetic survey, and DD-6-5016 ft. 1960: Three Brothers Mining Exploration Ltd.: ground magnetic survey. 1972: Sciminex Ltd.: biogeochemical survey. 1981: Union Mining Corp.: ground magnetic and VLF electromagnetic surveys, geological surveys, prospecting. 1982-1983: Canamax Resources Inc.: HLEM survey, mapping, and diamond drilled DD-10-1554.2 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL-0419/ 2.5582 | 32D05NW0419 | 32D05NW0419 |
| 63.1053 | 32D12SW0113 | 32D12SW0113 |
| 63.2978 | 32D12SW0107 | 32D12SW0107 |
| 2.1223 | 32D12SW0108 | 32D12SW0108 |
| KL-2751/ 66 | 32D12SW0055 | 32D12SW0055 |
| KL-2751/ 2.5582 | 32D05NW0419 | 32D05NW0419 |
| KL-0634/ 63.41 | 32D12SW0124 | 32D12SW0124 |
| KL-2751/2.4471 | 32D12SW0092 | 32D12SW0092 |
| KL-0419/ 2.5599 | 32D12SW0084 | 32D12SW0084 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Porcupine
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Jun 26, 2015 (R Degagne) - The occurrence is within the (generally) east striking Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone (PDFZ). Geological mappingand diamond drilling (assessment files) indicates that north of the PDFZ, bedrock consists of generally east to east southeast striking volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of the (Archean) Hunter Mine and Stoughton-Roquemaure Groups; south of the PDFZ bedrock consists of east southeast striking, steeply dipping, and south facing (monoclinal) volcanic and intercalated interflow sediment of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group; and within the PDFZ, bedrock consists of a structurally and lithologically complex assemblage termed the Porcupine-Destor Complex.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Chloritic | Near |
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| Syenite | 2 | Pegmatitic | Near | |
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 3 | Intrudes | ||
| Sandstone | 4 | Greywacke, Arkose | Host | |
| Vein | 5 | Qtz, Py, | Contains | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 5 | Jasper | Host | |
| Vein | 7 | Quartz-Carbonate | Contains |
Jun 26, 2015 (R Degagne) - In the area of the occurrence, the Porcupine-Destor Complex consists of fine grained clastic and chemical sedimentary rocks; various talc-,chlorite-, sericite-, and carbonate-schists; and felsic to mafic (including lamprophyric) intrusive bodies and dikes. The northern edge of a small peanut shaped felsic stock (locally termed the 'Dale Intrusive') intrudes Kinojevis Group volcanic rocks and possibly rocks of the Porcupine-Destor Complex in the the area. Regional metamorphic grade is greenschist facies or lower except marginal to the Dale Intrusive, where contact metamorphic facies of amphibolite grade may be developed. The Canamax Resources diamond drilling intersected syenite, cherty sediment, 'felsitized' sediment, lamprophyre, a variably sheared and altered (silicified, carbonatized, sericitized, feldspathized, sulfidized, and pyritic) hybrid zone near the intrusive contact, and talc-chlorite schist.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Stockwork | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 3 | Unknown | Massive |
Jun 26, 2015 (A Wilson) - Samples from a 3 hole diamond drilling program completed by American Barrick Resources returned best assays of 0.68 g/t Au over 1 m and 1.27 g/t Au over 1 m in greywackes from DDH MC.88-463. The Canamax Resources diamond drilling intersected syenite, cherty sediment, 'felsitized' sediment, lamprophyre, a variably sheared and altered (silicified, carbonatized, sericitized, feldspathized, sulfidized, and pyritic) hybrid zone near the intrusive contact, and talc-chlorite schist. Assays collected by Barrick from pyritic sediment and oxide-facies iron formation by American Barrick returned assays up to 0.05 oz/t Au.
Jun 26, 2015 (R Degagne) - Trench sampling by Dale Gold Mines in 1945 is reported to have yielded assays as high as 0.11 oz/t Au from a quartz stringer system developed in pyritic (meta)arkose. Diamond drilling by Dale Gold Mines intersected anomalously auriferous (assaying greater than 0.01 oz/t Au) material within pyritic 'felsitized' sediment (including 0.03 oz/t Au across a 15 foot core length), pyritic syenite, chloritic andesite, and 'breccia' (including material assaying 0.04 oz/t Au across a 22 foot core length). This diamond drilling yielded anomalously elevated gold tenors (greater than 0.01 oz/t Au per ton) associated with 'felsitized sediment' (including 0.03 oz/t Au across a core length of 15 feet), syenite, chloritic andesite, and breccia (including 0.04 oz/t Au across a core length of 22 feet). Sampling by the OGS, in 1952, of magnetite-hematite (jasperlite) iron formation and of trench grab samples assayed as much as 0.02 oz/t Au.
Jun 26, 2015 (R Degagne) - Satterly reported that 'felsitized' sediment exposed on surface is variably shattered, brecciated, varicolored, carbonate and silica altered, and is frequently pyritic. Quartz stringer systems may be developed in this 'felsitized' sediment. Iron formation composed of thinly interlaminated blue/black specularite and magnetite occurs within arkosic sediment on ground formerly held by Dale Gold Mines (and is known to range from a few feet to about 100 feet in thickness) as is one thin (up to a few inches in width) horizon of banded red jasper.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Township of Harker, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1951-04 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Hogg N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Harker Township
Publication Number: ARV60-07 Page: 28-29 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
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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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
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 - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 117 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Quaternary Geology, Lightning River Area
Publication Number: M2651 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Vagners U.J., Courtney S.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 130 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 621-625 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0038 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR6091 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R.
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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