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MDI41P15NE00017
| Record Name(s) | Young-Davidson Mine - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-May-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum, Tungsten
Township or Area: Powell
Latitude: 47° 56' 49.28" Longitude: -80° 41' 40.69"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 522802 Northing: 5310457 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: Shaft and open pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed on hwy west of Matachewan 2.6 km from the Montreal River bridge. Turn left on the Midlothian Township access road and proceed 0.3km to the Young-Davidson access road. Turn right and proceed 0.6km to the mine site.
1916: J. Davidson – discovery. 1923-1925: optioned to Porcupine Goldfields Development and Finance Company – DD, shaft-sinking, drifting, DD-6659 ft.; 1930-56: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Limited – trenching, sampling, mining. Post-1957 production and more recent exploration history recorded in MDI41P15NE00014
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - The main orebody is a tapering cone extending downward in the syenite beneath the open pit. The syenite porphyry consists of two main phases; brown syenite porphyry and brick red syenite porphyry which hosts the ore and is intrusive into the brown variety.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syenite | 2 | Feldspar Porphyritic | Host | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - The ore-bearing syenite porphyry contains 2% disseminated pyrite which carries 30-50% of the gold as fine, included grains. Superimposed on this mineralization are near-microscopic fractures containing visible gold. The disseminated pyrite containing these fractures is ore if it averages more than 0.11 oz. /t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Porphyry |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 5636586 |
Silver 131939 Ounces Gold 585690 Ounces |
OFR6007 p. 40 |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2878
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Matachewan-Kenogami area
Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Page: 31-36 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Page: 39-43 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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: 165 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 80 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0694 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit KL #208
Publication Number: PV-208 Date: 1901
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Article - General Geology of Powell Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: OFR6172.005 Page: 5.1-5.10 Date: 2005
Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Powell Township
Publication Number: P3577 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2006
Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Powell and Cairo townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2110 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Structural Geology of Canadian Ore Deposits – Young Davidson Mine, p. 633-637
Publication Number: Date: 1948
Author: H.H. North and C.C. Allen
Publisher Name: CIMM
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border
Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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