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| Record Name(s) | Forgan - 1923, Scotch - 1923, Jowsey-Segsworth - 1923, McNeil Syndicate - 1924, Goldyke - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McNeil
Latitude: 48° 7' 31.24" Longitude: -80° 50' 54.16"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 511282.968 Northing: 5330243.047 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: Approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property may be reached from Timmins via highway 101 and the Gibson Lake road, and then by using a series of lumbering roads which reach near the south end of a long narrow lake that touches the north-western corner of the claim block, a distance of 58 miles. It is also accessible from Kirkland Lake by going through the town of Matachewan, then following secondary roads westward and then northward to a point about one mile south of the claim group, a distance of 70 miles.
1987-1988: Kerr Addison Mines Ltd:- ground geophysical survey (magnetic and electromagnetic) 1986: Argyle Ventures Inc:- diamond drilling 1984: Argyle Ventures Inc:- geological mapping, stripping, trenching and sampling 1983: Argyle Ventures Inc:- staking, control grid layout, ground geophysical survey (magnetic and VLF electromagnetic survey) 1946: Goldyke Mines Ltd:- trenching and diamond drilling 1924-1925: McNeil Syndicate:- stripping and trenching
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL0136, 2.6604 | 42A02NW0070 | 42A02NW0070 |
| 2.8048, KL-0136 | 42A02NW0068 | 42A02NW0068 |
| 23, KL-0136 | 42A02NW0067 | 42A02NW0067 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalts | Massive, Pillowed, Vesicular, Amygdaloidal | Host |
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| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesites | Medium- To Light-Green Colour, Massive | Host |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Quartz Porphyry | 4 | Fine-Grained, White, Buff To Light Brown Colour | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 30, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - Bulk sampling in 1946 returned 0.184 oz/t Au, over 7feet. REF: KL 0136. In 1984, three chip samples from Scotch Dyke returned 0.03 oz/t over 7 feet; 0.043 oz/t over 9 feet; and 0.046 oz/t Au over 5 feet. REF: Geological Report (by R.V. Stewart, dated September 19, 1984, page 10; also Map KL 0136-3/ DWG No. S84-2) in KL 0136. The two diamond drill holes of 1986 (Hole 86-6 and 86-7) returned 0.009 to 0.17 oz/t Au over 29.6 feet; and 0.01 to 0.07 oz/t Au over 23.6 feet, respectively. REF: Diamond Drill Record in KL 0136.
Mar 30, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - 'All the rocks have experienced varying degrees of carbonatization, and this phenomenon is especially concentrated in areas subjected to tectonic pressures (i.e., adjacent faults, etc.), and in the volcanics, at or near the intrusive contacts of felsite dykes.' REF: Geological report by Ralph V. Stewart (dated September 19, 1984; page 7) in KL 0136.
File - Resident Geologist file KL1016
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Notes on gold in McNeil and other townships
Publication Number: ARV33-03.003 Page: 38-39 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Matachewan-Kenogami area
Publication Number: ARV44-02.001 Page: 48-50 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Book - McNeil Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1991
Author: Ontario Geological Survey
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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