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| Record Name(s) | Culver Prospect - 1945, O'Connell Gold Mines Ltd. - 1933, Mr5651 - 1966, Otisse Lake Group - 1935, Oka Project - 2003 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Powell, Cairo
Latitude: 47° 57' 11.83" Longitude: -80° 40' .22"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 524883 Northing: 5311162 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15NE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From the bridge on the Montreal River in Matachewan, drive west 3.1km and turn right at the Consolidated Mine gate. Drive to the east side of the mine property. Park at tailings dam, head east on the old road, 400m across Boulder Creek and continue north 800m. The shaft is on the north side of the excavator bush road.
1914; J. Hollinger - surface work. 1933-34: O’Connell Gold Mines Limited - trenching, shaft sinking, DD-5000 ft; 1938: Bloom Lake Consolidated Gold Mines Limited - shaft deepening, DD. 1945-1946: Culver Gold Mines Limited - surface work, DD-6000 ft. 1974-75: F.J. Garbutt - ground magnetometer survey, geochemistry, VLF survey. 1975: F. Yandel -magnetometer, VLF-EM, geological mapping .1979-80: Sylva Explorations Limited - mapping, HLEM survey, magnetic survey, geochemical survey, DD-2-462 ft, sampling, 1996-99: Sedex Mining Corp. - ground magnetometer, stripping, trenching, sampling, DD-11-1761.9 m. 2003-04: Young-Davidson Mines Limited - linecutting, magnetometer and soil surveys, geochemical sampling, DD-71. 2008: Northgate Minerals Corporation - IP survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-2602/2.3212 | 41P15NE8283 | 41P15NE8283 |
| 2.27651 | 41P15NE2020 | 41P15NE2020 |
| 2.44376 | 20000005913 | 20000005913 |
| KL-2602/ 63.3705 | 41P15NW8240 | 41P15NW8240 |
| 2.28287 | 41P15NE2025 | 41P15NE2025 |
| KL-2602/ 2.2918 | 41P15NE2009 | 41P15NE2009 |
| KL-2602/donated | ||
| KL-4176/ 2.17481 | 41P15NE0027 | 41P15NE0027 |
| 2.19528 | 41P15NE2009 | 41P15NE2009 |
| 2.44384 | 20000004469 | 20000004469 |
| KL-4612/2.19518 | 41P15NE2009 | 41P15NE2009 |
| 2.1529 | 41P15NE8272 | 41P15NE8272 |
| 2.1532 | 41P15NE8262 | 41P15NE8262 |
| 2.1855 | 41P15NE8256 | 41P15NE8256 |
| 63.3378 | 41P15NE8260 | 41P15NE8260 |
| 2.1930 | 41P15NE8257 | 41P15NE8257 |
| 2.2453 | 41P15NE8245 | 41P15NE8245 |
| KL-4623/ 2.19442 | 41P15NE2011 | 41P15NE2011 |
| KL-5376/2.28438 | 41P15NE2027 | 41P15NE2027 |
| KL-5360/2.28282 | 41P15NE2024 | 41P15NE2024 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandy Conglomerate | 1 | Conglomerate, Greywacke | Sheared | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Syenite | 3 | Sheared, Porphyritic | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Adjacent |
Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted within quartz veins in small bodies of syenite and syenite porphyry. In turn, the syenite intrudes a sequence of tightly folded Temiskaming greywackes and conglomerates.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by O’Connell Gold Mines in 1915 in the vicinity of the shaft, returned values ranging from trace to $0.60 Au. A grab sample from red syenite and metasediments collected from a pit 70 ft. SW of the shaft returned an assay of $5.60 Au over 43 inches. A sample from the west wall of the shaft returned $2.20 Au over 16 inches. Grab samples collected by R. Sheedy in 1979, returned 0.05 oz./t Au over 5 feet from a pit southwest of the shaft. Samples collected from the trenches dug by Sedex in 1996 returned low gold values ranging from 10 to 386 ppb Au and 7 to 602 ppb Cu. Assays from the 1996 Sedex diamond drilling returned elevated gold values ranging from 1.31 g/t Au over 1 m to 23.45 oz./t Au over 1 m (in altered syenite). Low values of gold were also found within the metasediments. A chip sample taken from a vein in a pit 75 feet southwest of the shaft returned an assay of 0.17 oz/t Au across a width of 5 feet. The best assay from the exploration work completed by Sedex returned 2.0 oz/t Au from an old pit. In 1997 Sedex announced that it had intersected l .06 g/t Au over a 72m width, containing a higher grade core of 6.16 g/t Au /6.0m termed the OKA zone.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
MonoMap - Geological Synthesis Along Highway 66 from Matachewan to Swastika
Publication Number: OFR6177 Scale: Date: 2006
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Matachewan-Kenogami area
Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
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 Scale: Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Matachewan gold area, townships of Powell and Cairo, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44A Scale: 1:2,400 Date: 1997
Author: Dyer W.S., Charlewood G.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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 - 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
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:
Article - General Geology of Powell Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: OFR6172.005 Scale: Date: 2005
Author: Berger B.R., Préfontaine S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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