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| Record Name(s) | Ashley - 1931, Mining Corp - 1931 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Feb-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Township or Area: Bannockburn
Latitude: 48° 0' 47.57" Longitude: -80° 53' 51.87"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 507626 Northing: 5317774 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: Ramp (GPS location)
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Follow Hwy 566 west of Matachewan for about 23 km. At this point take the road to the south (left) and follow it about 750 m to the roadway on the right. The roadway leads west. A few meters in, another road heads north. Follow this for about 330 m to the old mine site. The shaft is located at 507652E 5317705N. The adit is located at 507630E 5317780N.
1931 - trenching and diamond drilling revealed 2 small veins. An inclinded shaft was sunk on the Ashley vein. 1932-1936 - Inclined shaft sunck to 403 feet with levels at 100, 200, 300 and 400 feet. Two winzes, one at the 400-foot level with levels developed at 500 and 600 feet. A total of 17 316 feet of underground development. Underground and surface diamond drilling. 1947 - Caramora Porcupine Mines Limited purchased 3 claims including the shaft claim and found a new vein, between 4 inchaes and 2 feet in width, containing visible gold and tellurides. Underground working pumped out to 100-foot level and 3 diamond drill holes completed. 1947-1948 - Trenching and diamond drilling on the Garvey Vein. 1980 – Noranda started an adit on the vein. Hand sorted material was shipped but no record of the production exists. Sampling of the muck pile by Newmont Exploration and Pamour Porcupine Mines Ltd. returned 0.20 and 0.12 ounce per ton gold per ton, respectively (Petromet) 1982 – Petromet Resources Ltd. completed a bulk sample which returned 1.30 ounce per ton gold over 0.22 m over a strike length of 88.4 m 1984 - Petromet Resources Ltd. completed completed 3 diamond drill holes totalling 834 feet. Appear between the Ashley and Garvey veins. Weak mineralization was encountered in holes 1 and 3. 2002 – Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc. completed IP, mag, stripping, prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5300 | 42A02SW0080 | 42A02SW0080 |
| 16 | 42A12SW0336 | 42A12SW0336 |
| 63.4556 | 42A02SW0072 | 42A02SW0072 |
| 2.24433 | 42A02SW2010 | 42A02SW2010 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Tisdale
Geological Age: Archean
Oct 23, 2012 (D Guidon) - The volcanic sequence containing the auriferous veins on the Ashley property comprises massive, pillowed, variolitic and hyaloclastic basalts. The stratigraphic trend as established from pillowed basalt is NNW to NW trending with pillow facings to the northeast. A variolitic basalt unit mapped in the Garvey vein area substantiates the trends indicated by pillows. (Petromet 82)
Oct 23, 2012 (D Guidon) - The quartz veins on the Ashley property are indicated to occupy l late N-S and NE fractures. North-south trending veins dip 30 to 50" west and NE veins are indicated to dip 20-45o northwest. The quartz veins generally range from 3 cm to 60 cm wide and are characterized by the presence of visible gold, tellurides, and variable but minor quantities of pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite. Wall rock alteration consisting of hematization, epidotization, silicification and pyritization is characteristic over narrow widths adjoining the veins. (Petromet 82) Veins in adit strike 148 and dip 40 SW
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Altaite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Krennerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue |
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | Unknown | 34074 | ppm | 100 | ||
| Barium | Unknown | 80 | ppb | 5 | ||
| Calcium | Unknown | 32173 | ppm | 100 | ||
| Chromium | Unknown | 8 | ppm | 1 | ||
| Cobalt | Unknown | 22 | ppm | 1 | ||
| Copper | Unknown | 161 | ppm | 2 | ||
| Gold | Atomic Absorption AA | 16559.12 | ppb | 5 | ||
| Gold | Unknown | 16559.12 | ppb | |||
| Iron | Unknown | 58293 | ppm | 5 | ||
| Lead | Unknown | .1 | BDL | |||
| Lithium | Unknown | 8 | ppm | 1 | ||
| Magnesium | Unknown | 9685 | ppm | 20 | ||
| Manganese | Unknown | 837 | ppm | 10 | ||
| Nickel | Unknown | 11 | ppm | 5 | ||
| Palladium | Unknown | 0 | ppb | 8 | BDL | |
| Platinum | Unknown | .65 | ppb | 8 | ||
| Potassium | Unknown | 17755 | ppm | 65 | ||
| Scandium | Unknown | 21 | ppm | .5 | ||
| Strontium | Unknown | 120 | ppm | 2 | ||
| Titanium | Unknown | 5501 | ppm | 10 | ||
| Vanadium | Unknown | 201 | ppm | 1 | ||
| Yttrium | Unknown | 12 | ppm | .05 | ||
| Zinc | Unknown | 90 | ppm | 5 |
Date: May 26, 2010
Geologist: D Guidon
Notes: Property visited May 26, 2010 with James Suma-Momoh and Roy Knight. Collected Sample Number 10307. Description: quartz vein with wall rock, 3-5% pyrite.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 143305 |
Silver 237571 Grams Gold 50123 Ounces |
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Argyle and Baden Townships
Publication Number: OFR5874 Date: 1994
Author: Kresz D.U.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Bannockburn gold area
Publication Number: ARV41-02.001 Page: 13-17 Date: 1998
Author: Rickaby H.C.
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: 125-126 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1937
Publication Number: ARV47-01.003 Page: 191-192 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Tower W.O., Taylor J.B., Douglass D.P., Bayne A.S., Cave A.E., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #159
Publication Number: PV 159 Date: 1996
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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