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MDI41P11SE00013
| Record Name(s) | Kingston Claim - 1984, Triton Property - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: MacMurchy
Latitude: 47° 35' 30.04" Longitude: -81° 9' 39.2"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 487904 Northing: 5270931 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P11SE
Point Location Description: Shaft at Kingston Vein (Map 2365), 0.6 km SW of Pat Lake in SW corner of township
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Pre-1938: Shaft sunk to 114-foot level with some lateral development. 1938: Pirate Gold Mines Ltd. dewatered shaft and completed 15ft of crosscutting on 100-foot level. 1939: Pirate Gold Mines Ltd. completed diamond drilling. 1978: Teck Corporation Ltd. carried out a ground geophysical survey (magnetometer, VLFEM). 1987: Greater Temagami Mines Ltd. carried out A ground geophysical survey (resistivity, magnetometer, VLFEM), 6 diamond drill holes totaling 862m, geochemical sampling. 2005: World Ventures Inc. carried out line-cutting and a ground geophysical survey (VLFEM). 2009: Canadian Prospecting Ventures carried out a ground geophysical survey (magnetometer, VLFEM). 2014: Ashley Gold Mines. Ltd. carried out a ground geophysical survey (magnetometer).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.5019 | 41P11SE0012 | 41P11SE0012 |
| W0580.01912 / 2.30990 | 20000000940 | 20000000940 |
| W0980.01131 / 2.41341 | 20000003911 | 20000003911 |
| CO-3856 / 2.55537 | 20000008581 | 20000008581 |
| CO-1532 / 2.2881 | 41P11SE0010 | 41P11SE0010 |
| CO-1502 | ||
| CO-1507 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesite | Adjacent |
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| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 2 | Shear Zone | Contains | |
| Vein | 3 | Contains |
Sep 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Mineralization occurs within a 1-6-foot-wide quartz vein found in a vertically dipping shear zone which cuts andesitic volcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Quartz vein hosts mineralization consisting of native gold, pyrite, minor pyrrhotite, sphalerite and galena. Drill core assays averaged 0.68 oz/ton Au over 1.6 ft. Assays from shaft ranged up to 8 oz/ton Au. 50m of the Kingston vein is visible through drifting, with the average grade reported to be 12g/ton Au across 0.8m (0.34 oz/ton Au across 2.5 ft)
File - Resident Geologist file CO-1502, CO-1507, CO-1519
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Macmurchy and Tyrrell townships, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts
Publication Number: M2365 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Wasapika section, west Shiningtree gold area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: ARV35-06.005 Page: 95-96 Date: 1998
Author: Finley F.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Macmurchy and Tyrrell townships, districts of Sudbury and Timiskaming
Publication Number: R152 Page: 54 Date: 1977
Author: Carter M.W.
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: 109-110 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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