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| Record Name(s) | North Rundle Property - 2011, Miquelon Showing - 1950, NE Showing - 1946, Rundle North Group - 1980, Miquelon Vein - 1984, No. 2 Showing - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1992-Oct-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Newton
Latitude: 47° 55' 15.22" Longitude: -82° 25' 4.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 394064 Northing: 5308480.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16NW
Point Location Description: Old trenched area with exposed quartz veining.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Travel south of highway 101 on the Foleyet Timber road 34 km to the Rundle Mine road. Travel approximately 15 km south on this road to a point 4 km south of the Swayze River. The site lies 1.5 km to the west.
1936-40: Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd. - prospecting, discovery of Miquelon Vein, trenching sampling, DD-15. 1977-1980: Sulpetro Minerals Ltd. - DD-4, ground geophysics. 1981-84: Novamin Resources - mapping, data compilation, ground geophysics. 1987-88: Breakwater Resources Inc. - mapping, soil geochemistry. 1990-1991: Claude Rundle Gold Mines Ltd. - property acquisition.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Pillowed | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Schist | Chlorite | Host |
| Gabbro | 4 | Gabbro | Adjacent | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 5 | Andesite | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 6 | Quartz | Contains |
Jan 22, 2013 (A Wilson) - Geological mapping by Novamin has indicated that the North Rundle property is largely underlain by a sequence of easterly to east south-easterly trending mafic volcanic rocks with minor interbedded argillaceous sediments. The volcanics in the southeast quadrant have been intruded by a mafic complex ranging from gabbro to quartz diorite in composition. Elsewhere, intermediate to felsic intrusives, some of which appear to crosscut the host rocks, have also been mapped. The major structure on the property is the Newton Creek Shear which underlies a valley along Newton Creek and continues northerly along the Swayze River. Outcrops and previous drilling have been shown that tongues or dykes of quartz feldspar porphyry have been intruded along much of this shear. In addition to the Rundle-Fredrickson and Rundle-Hanna veins and the Miquelon showing a number of gold-bearing mineral occurrences occur elsewhere on the property usually near porphyry intrusions. In this respect Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl upon finishing their review of the Property in 1896, concluded that the North Rundle property geology is similar to that of the South Rundle in that it is underlain mainly by mafic volcanics with minor gabbroic intrusives. Feldspar porphyries appear to be associated with the auriferous quartz vein-type lode gold mineralization and are found to the south of the Miquelon and Fredrickson-Hanna showings, as well as with other areas to the south of the Miquelon vein.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Jan 22, 2013 (A Wilson) - A grab sample taken by the OGS in 1993 returned a value of 11.76 g/t Au, 1.4 g/t Ag, 0.008% Cu, 0.0095% Zn. The sample was taken from a trenched quartz vein with weak pyrite mineralization. The vein on surface reportedly averaged 0.30 oz/t Au over a width of 4 ft. and a length of 350 ft. At surface, the Miquelon No. 2 vein reportedly assayed 11.7 g Au/t over an average width of 1.22 m and along a trenched strike length of 90 m. Assays from the Sulpetro drilling intersected significant gold values of 4.1 to 12.8 g Au/t over widths of about 1 m. Gold mineralization on the North Rundle Property, where it has been investigated to-date, has been classified as typical Archean lode-gold, quartz vein type mineralization. The auriferous quartz veins on the Miquelon No.2 reportedly contain very little sulphide material (1-2% pyrite). Nelson Hogg, the resident geologist in Timmins during the 1950’s, mentions in his field notes that two types of quartz veining are present in the Miquelon No. 2 vein: “For 30 feet south of the drag fold, the vein is blue quartz, sparsely mineralized with pyrite. This quartz lens tapers out into sheared lavas cut by stringers of both blue and white quartz. Sulphide mineralization is best in the stringer zone, where stringers of white quartz and altered wall rock are both well mineralized with pyrite.”
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Unknown | .0081 | % | |||
| Gold | Unknown | 11.76 | g/t | |||
| Lead | Unknown | .0053 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .0003 | % | |||
| Silver | Unknown | 1.4 | ppm | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0095 | % |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Tabular | 100 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jul 27, 1950
Geologist: S Fumerton
Notes: About two hours were spent examining this vein in company with C. Allen, C. Rundle, and W.H. Hansen of Hollinger. The mineralized zone has been exposed by stripping for a length of 370 feet. The vein itself is drag folded. The northern portion strikes N 40 E for a distance of 100 feet. Over this length it averages about 4 feet in width but in the north it fingers out into a stringer zone about 20 feet wide. The vein consists of closely spaced quartz stringers separated by chloritized, carbonatized and sericitized lava. Visible gold was found in a quartz stringer. The south arm of the vein strikes N 60 E and has been exposed by stripping for 120 feet were it weakens. Two types of veins are present in this section of vein. For 30 feet south of the drag fold, the vein is blue quartz sparsely mineralized with pyrite. This quartz lens tapers out into sheared lavas cut by stringers of both blue and white quartz. Sulphide mineralization is best in the stringer zone where stringers of white quartz and altered wall rock are both well mineralized. The vein on surface is reported to average 0.3 opt over a width of four feet and a length of 350 feet. [ PRECIS ]
Date: Aug 04, 1993
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: Old trenched area with exposed qtz veining. This area was previously trenched and stripped but is now largely overgrown. Rock is dark brown/black on surface and sheared in areas of quartz veining (N60E). Weak pyrite mineralization is associated with quartz veining which consists of large 20-60 cm veins of recrystallized blue grey quartz as well as numerous smaller quartz stringers. This area may correspond to Hogg's 'south arm' description. One sample, 98**, was taken at this location.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rundle 2 | 1982 | Unclassified | 16830 | NI 43-101 rpt 2011/03/01 | estimated resource to a depth of 106 m | Gold 7.1 Grams per Tonne |
| Rundle No. 2 | 1972 | Unclassified | 13430 | NI 43-101 rpt 2011/03/01 | Gold 11.65 Grams per Tonne |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0375, T-2175
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Horwood Lake sheet, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0673 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 153 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210451
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 221-24 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 78 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 302-303 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Horwood Lake area
Publication Number: ARV46-02 Page: 20 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Core - core library
Publication Number: Date: 1990
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Location: Timmins RGO
Publication - Technical Report On The North Rundle Property, District Of Sudbury, 54 p
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2011
Author: E. Purich, W.D. Ewert
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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