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| Record Name(s) | Micmack - 1923, Isadore Dyke - 1923 |
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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' 33.28" Longitude: -80° 51' 18.68"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 510775.967 Northing: 5330305.048 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: McNeil Syndicate:- shaft sinking on the Micmack claim 1923: Discovery of gold in the McNeil Township by three Indians. The claim (Micmack) is named after the founder. It was among the first three gold discoveries in the Township.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0136, 2.6604 | 42A02NW0070 | 42A02NW0070 |
| 2.8048, KL-0136 | 42A02NW0068 | 42A02NW0068 |
| 23, KL-0136 | 42A02NW0067 | 42A02NW0067 |
Mar 26, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - The Micmack Dyke strikes about east-northeast and dips 80° south. “The Isador Dyke has been traced by outcrops and trenches along strike into a similar dyke called the 'Micmack' and further east again…if these are all parts of one dyke, it is nearly one mile long.” (REF: ODM 1935, AR 44, Part 2, Page 49)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalts | Massive, Pillowed, Vesicular, Amygdaloidal | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesites | Medium- To Light-Green Colour, Massive | Host |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | ‘Felsite’ And Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry Dykes | 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 26, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - 'In a pit on the Micmack claim, the quartz veins are closely spaced and most of them carry visible gold.' REF: ODM, AR 1924, Vol. 33, Part 3, Page 38 (first paragraph). It is in the felsite lenses where local occurrences of native gold can be found, associated with coarse pyrite mineralization and quartz stringers which form a ladder structure within these lenses. Disseminations of pyrite occur between the quartz stringers and are more concentrated near the stringers. The free gold is usually found in areas of pyrite disseminations, but in some cases, it is found within the quartz. REF: Geological Report (by John R. Boissoneault, dated August 30, 1983; page 6) in KL 0136. Trench samples from the Micmack Dyke have returned trace to 0.009 oz/t Au. Trench samples from other dykes parallel to and close to the Micmack Dyke have returned 0.001 to 0.014 oz/t Au. (REF: Assay results from X-Ray Assay Laboratories Ltd., dated 06-Sept-84; In KL 0136).
Mar 26, 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 KL-1016
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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
Location:
Mono - Precambrian Geology of McNeil, Robertson, Hincks and Cleaver Townships
Publication Number: OFR5931 Page: 66 Date: 2002
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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