Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Tegren - 1964, Oakes Property - 1964 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1988-Jul-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Teck
Latitude: 48° 8' 11.31" Longitude: -80° 6' 13.5"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 566679.42 Northing: 5331857.44 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A01SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Pre- 1945: Harry Oakes – Property acquisition; surface prospecting and shallow diamond-drilling along the ‘Main Break’. 1964: Teck Corporation Limited – geological and magnetic surveys; 9 DDHs totalling 8,867 feet. 1965-67: Teck Corporation Limited - underground development totalling 3,800 feet extended into the Macassa Mine. 1971: production began
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Syenite | Porphyritic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syenite | 2 | Mafic Syenite | ||
| Conglomerate | 3 | Conglomerate | ||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 4 | Tuff |
Apr 17, 2015 (J Suma-Momoh) - The sediments are cut by a considerable number of dykes and irregularly shaped bodies of syenite porphyry and basic syenite. The Kirkland lake break has been traced on the main ground from the Macassa Mine boundary west to Amikougami Creek, where it is offset southward by a cross fault.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Telluride | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 17, 2015 (J Suma-Momoh) - Underground development and diamond drilling between 1965 and 1967 outlined 56,000 tons of ore averaging 0.78 oz/t Au.
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2644
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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: 180-181 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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Mono - Mineral resources and mining properties in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake area
Publication Number: MDC003 Page: 67-68 Date: 1964
Author: Savage W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0217 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the main ore zone at Kirkland Lake
Publication Number: ARV57-05.002 Page: 52 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E., Hawley J.E., Ward W., Perry O.S., Griffin K., Charlewood G.H., Hopkins H., MacIntosh C.G., Ogrizlo S.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Township of Teck, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: M1945-01 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E., Hopkins H., Gerrie W., MacLean A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Property Visit 10
Publication Number: PV010 Date: 1982
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Book - Property Visit 11
Publication Number: PV011 Date: 1979
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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