Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI42A02SE00033
| Record Name(s) | Chief - 1918, McIntyre Porcupine - 1965 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-May-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-08 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Silver
Township or Area: Alma
Latitude: 48° 2' 35.29" Longitude: -80° 32' 19.55"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 534377.378 Northing: 5321197.641 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SE
Point Location Description: Pit in beaver pond at property 12, southeast part of township.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1979: Sylva Explorations Ltd: VLF-EM survey, stripping and trenching 1967: Lovell, H.L: stream sediment geochemical analysis 1965: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd: diamond drilling 1961: Triana Exploration Ltd: geological mapping. Unknown: Canadian John's Manville: bio-geochemical program
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Jun 29, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - The property contains a gold showing in a marsh which contains two filled fractures which contain native gold, pyrite and chalcopyrite. REF: KL 2597.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Ore |
Jun 29, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - 'A diamond drill was put down by S. Stanwick of Matachewan in an attempt to evaluate the historical showing which consists of two paralleling quartz veins which at the widest approach around 8 inches. Pieces of core left at the drill site contained coarse pyrite which when assayed (by Robert Sheedy, 1979) ran a trace in gold and 0.8 and 1.0 in silver respectively. Samples of the pyritized wallrock were also assayed which also ran 0.8 on both samples for the element silver. No gold or other minerals were present, except some minor uranium. Best result of the vein material was 0.072 oz/t Au.' REF: KL 2597. 'A pit in the beaver pond is said by local inhabitants to have contained visible gold…Grab samples taken by the author (H.L. Lovell) yielded little more than a trace of each of the elements gold, silver, molybdenum, and copper.' OGS 1967, GR 51, page 32. Diamond drilling carried out by McIntyre Porcupine Mines Limited in 1965 returned trace gold and 0.04 % Cu over 4 feet. REF: KL 1824. A pit was sunk in syenite porphyry occurring on the property. Grab sample taken from the dump in 1918 assayed 0.22 oz of gold/ton. Grab samples taken in 1963 yielded trace amounts of Au, Mo, and Cu. REF: OGS 1979, MDC 18, page 187.
File - Resident Geologist files KL1824, KL2597
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Baden and Alma townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2109 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Page: 20, 32 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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: G0358 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 187 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The Matachewan gold area
Publication Number: ARV27-01.008 Page: 231 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist District Office