Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Canamax Trench No. 3 - 1991, Whitefish Project - 1991, Showing No. 1 - 1991, Montrose Syndicate Claims - 1931 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Montrose
Latitude: 48° 0' 44.56" Longitude: -80° 57' 18.63"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 503343 Northing: 5317676.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: trench
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is located approximately 23 km by road northwest of the town of Matachewan. Secondary Provincial Highway 566 ends near the southeastern edge of the claim group in northwestern Bannockburn Township. Forest access roads and seasonal roads and trails from logging operations afford good access to the claim group.
1931: Montrose Syndicate – trenching, sampling. 1983-85: Canamax Resources Inc. – airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, DD-5-904.23m, sampling. 1991: Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. – prospecting, mapping, trenching. 2002-03: Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc. – IP, ground geophysics, mapping, prospecting.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7335 | 41P15NW0212 | 41P15NW0212 |
| 18 | 42A02SW8374 | 42A02SW8374 |
| 2.5990 | 41P15NW0313 | 41P15NW0313 |
| 2.26540 | 42A02SW2011 | 42A02SW2011 |
| KL-0429/2.14594 | 41P15NW0203 | 41P15NW0203 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic Schist | 1 | Schistose | Host |
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| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Schistose | Adjacent |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Argillitic | Schistose | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Medium | Veins |
Oct 09, 2014 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Canamax from a trench at this site in 1983 returned 5.5 g/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0698 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Bannockburn gold area
Publication Number: ARV41-02.001 Page: 20-21 Date: 1998
Author: Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Geology of Montrose, Bannockburn and Powell Townships, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: MP164.009 Page: 37-40 Date: 1995
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #389
Publication Number: PV-389 Date: 1901
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: 218 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of Montrose Township
Publication Number: P3354 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1996
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bannockburn and Montrose Townships
Publication Number: P3576 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2006
Author: Préfontaine S., Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2003
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Bannockburn gold area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM41A Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1997
Author: Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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