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| Record Name(s) | Lucky Cross Mine - 1910, Kirkland Gateway Gold Mines - 1922, Golden Gate Mining Co. - 1934, Kirkland Golden Gate Mines Ltd. - 1947, Gateford Mines Ltd. - 1974 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-May-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
Township or Area: Teck
Latitude: 48° 6' 28.76" Longitude: -80° 5' 41.45"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 567379 Northing: 5328699 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A01SE
Point Location Description: Shaft on former claim T2692
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From the Swastika train station, follow ONR tracks 500 m east. The site is 100 m north of the railway. Follow the trail at a point 20 m west of where tracks split into a siding.
1910-1912: Lucky Cross Mines Limited – inclined shaft developed to 200 ft., in production. 1915-1916: Tretheway Silver-Cobalt Mining Company Limited – underground development, de-watering. 1922-1923: Kirkland Gateway Gold Mines Limited – shaft deepened, underground development, diamond drilling. 1933: leased to Lucky Cross Leasing Syndicate. 1934-42: Golden Gate Mining Company Limited – property leased in dewatering, underground development, DD-10-1120 ft (surface), DD-33,552 ft (underground), trenching. 1947- Kirkland Golden Gate Mines Limited – property acquisition. 1974-75: Gateford Mines Ltd. – DD-18-5781.5 ft, assays, compilation, ground geophysics. 1978-79: Queenston Gold Mines Ltd. – mapping, ground geophysics, DD-3-2110 ft. 1980-81: Steep Rock Iron Mines Ltd. – mapping, DD-12-6000 ft. 1988: Golden Crescent Resources – DD-3-6420 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0915/63.3165 | 42A01SE0043 | 42A01SE0043 |
| KL-2324/2.2815 | 42A01SE0038 | 42A01SE0038 |
| 19 | 42A01SE0049 | 42A01SE0049 |
| 21 | 42A01SE0048 | 42A01SE0048 |
| 23 | 42A01SE0046 | 42A01SE0046 |
| 24 | 42A01SE0044 | 42A01SE0044 |
| 63.3272 | 42A01SE0041 | 42A01SE0041 |
| KL-0979/ OM87-6-L-343/63.5354 | 42A01SE0003 | 42A01SE0003 |
| KL-2324/3 | 42A01SE0033 | 42A01SE0033 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Porphyritic | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host | ||
| Vein | 2 | Contains |
Oct 20, 2014 (A Wilson) - The main vein system strikes 55E and dips 70NW. There are two other vein systems at the mine. One system strikes east-west and the other strikes north-south.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telluride | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 20, 2014 (A Wilson) - Total estimated production from the Lucky Cross property was 80694 tonnes, valued at $957,038.00. Gateford DDH 74-2 returned a best assay of 0.32 oz/t Au and 0.01 oz/t Ag over 5 ft in a quartz vein in syenite. A resampling of the same section yielded an assay of 0.319 oz/t Au over 3.1 ft. A quartz stringer in DDH 74-4 returned an assay of 1.35 oz/t Au over 1.2 ft in a syenite. A quartz vein in Gateford DDH 74-6 returned 11.18 oz/t Au over 1.0 ft.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| 2 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1 | MDC18, p. 172 | 1943-44 production; unknown production volume; value $2340.00; mining by Golden Gate Mines Ltd. | |
| 1942 | 68106 | MDC18, p. 172 | 1939-42 production; value $765,415.00; mining by Golden Gate Mines Ltd. | |
| 1937 | 10320 | MDC18, p. 172 | 1933-37 production; value $175,277.00; mining by Golden Gate Mines Ltd. | |
| 1922 | 2268 |
Gold 935219 |
MDC18, p. 172 | value $14,006.00; mining by Golden Gate Mines Ltd. and Tretheway Silver-Cobalt Mining Company Limited |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0915, KL-0981, KL-1436
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Eby and Otto area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R099 Page: 27 Date: 1972
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Kirkland Lake Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3425 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2000
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The Kirkland Lake and Swastika gold areas, and Maisonville, Grenfell and Eby townships
Publication Number: ARV23-02 Page: 1, 19-20 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral resources and mining properties in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake area
Publication Number: MDC003 Page: 27-28 Date: 1964
Author: Savage 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 Page: 171-172 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 Page: G0219 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #5
Publication Number: PV-5 Date: 1901
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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