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| Record Name(s) | L.2972 Pit 2 - 1996 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1996-Oct-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Lebel
Latitude: 48° 9' 59.1" Longitude: -79° 57' 41.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 577218.167 Northing: 5335318.386 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D04NW
Point Location Description: Northwest pit located in claim L.2972 on Map 53A.
Location Method: Field Visit
Access Description: North on the most westerly street in the hamlet of King Kirkland. At the north end, the street intersects a trail running west. A sandy clearing on the north side of the trail is located approximately 80 metres west of the intersection. At this point a snowmobile runs north. Follow the snowmobile trail for approximately 200 metres. Run a compass line from this point at a bearing of 325 degrees for 140 metres. The pit was not located but a large vein follows the northwestern edge of the outcrop.
No recorded exploration. The pit is plotted on ODM Map 53A.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2685 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: CORFU ET.AL. 1989
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Zeolite
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The pit is located in a large outcrop of what has been mapped as syenite and basic syenite. To the east and north are the sands of the King Kirkland Esker. To the west are Timiskaming conglomerates. The rock is brick red, fine-medium grained with rounded feldspars and some feldspars as laths. The quartz vein is about 60 cm wide striking about 060 to 070 degrees. The vein material contains abundant inclusions of the host material. The vein itself appears brecciated.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syenitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Footwall | ||
| Syenite | 3 | Syenite | Tuff | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Gelogy map indiicates that the pit is in basic syenite. Cut hand samples suggest that the rock is syenite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Medium | Veins | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Medium | Disseminated | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Sericitization | 3 | Medium | Disseminated | ||
| Dolomite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 4 | Medium | Network |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Quartz vein has no carbonate minerals but host rock has veinlets of iron-rich dolomite.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Unknown | BDL |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Epigenetic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 60 | .6 | 240 | 70 |
Date: Oct 18, 1996
Geologist: D Guidon
Notes: Visit Date: July 21, 1994 - rain shortened visit Attempted to find the pit without success. The outcrop was found and the vein was found near the edge of the outcrop. The 25 inch wide vein is exposed for a length of over 200 feet. Samples 94327 - Course grained pink couloured rock conatining no carbonate minerals. Contains 20% fragments of syenite and about 10% interstial sericite. Analyses - <3 ppb Au Analysis by OGC Laboratories, Sudbury. 94328 - Brick red medium grain syenite. 40% red feldspars, 30% white feldspars, 5-10% sericite, 10% chlorite and about 10% rock fragments. Moderate carbonate alteration as threads of iron-rich dolomite.
Map - Township of Lebel, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM53A Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: MacLean A., Hogg N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Geology Of Lebel Township
Publication Number: B150 Date: 1998
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Mono - Geology of Lebel Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: OFR5211 Date: 1976
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Journal - U–Pb zircon geochronology in the southwestern Abitibi greenstone belt, Superior Province; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (1989) vol. 26, no. 9
Publication Number: CJES26 Page: 1747-1763 Date: 1989
Author: Corfu, F., Krogh, T.E., Kwok, Y.Y., Jensen, L.S.
Publisher Name: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
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