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| Record Name(s) | Eight-Foot - 1924, McNeil - 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' 24.06" Longitude: -80° 51' 2.45"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 511111.961 Northing: 5330021.049 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: Approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is accessible from Timmins via highway 101 and the Gibson Lake road, then, via a series of logging roads to arrive at the south end of a lake which touches the north-western corner of the claim block. The property is also accessible via highway 66 from the town of Matachewan and secondary roads northwest to the southern boundary of the claim block.
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 1934-35: McNeil Syndicate:- deepening of the shaft to 120 feet; sinking of another 18-foot shaft 1924: McNeil Syndicate:- sinking of a 60-foot shaft
| 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
Mar 31, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - The Eight-foot Dyke is a felsite dyke which has been traced for about half a mile, and is about 8 to 12 feet in width. REF: Goldyke Mines Ltd Report by B.M. Arnott (dated September 22, 1946, page 8); In KL 1016.
| 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 | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Felsite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 31, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - Mineralization consists of coarse cubic pyrite; some cubes 1 inch square were seen in the 'Eight Foot' dyke. The pyrite is more abundant in the felsite near the quartz veins than in the veins themselves.” REF: ODM 1935, AR VOL 44, PT2, Page 48. ...a pit is being sunk on an 'eight-foot' felsite dyke carrying much pyrite, quartz, and gold. Considerable gold was seen associated with large cubes of pyrite in the quartz. REF: ODM 1924, AR VOL 33, PT3, Page 39. Goldyke drilled two holes on the 8-foot dyke. 'Nothing approaching ore grade material was cut in either of these holes. One section, 5.2 feet in length, assayed 0.15 oz/t Au but the remainder were 0.02oz/t or less.' Furthermore, a chip sample from the dyke returned 0.34 oz/t Au, over 8 feet. REF: Goldyke Mines Ltd Report by B.M. Arnott (dated September 22, 1946, pages 8 and 10); In KL 1016. Chip samples collected by Argyle Ventures Inc. returned assay values of trace, 0.031 oz/t over 7 feet, and 0.026 oz/t Au over 7 feet. REF: X-Ray Assay Laboratories (dated 06-Sept-84), in KL 0136; Maps KL 0136-4 and KL 0136-8 in KL 0136.
Mar 31, 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 - 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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Part - Notes on gold in McNeil and other townships
Publication Number: ARV33-03.003 Page: 38b Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - McNeil Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1991
Author: Ontario Geological Survey
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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