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| Record Name(s) | Neelands - 1924, Goldyke - 1946, Argyle Ventures - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary 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' 45.19" Longitude: -80° 51' 35.14"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 510434.958 Northing: 5330672.051 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, then by using a series of lumbering roads which reach near the south end of a long narrow lake which touches the north-western corner of the claim block, a distance of 58 miles.
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:- diamond drilling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL-0136, 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 |
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| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesites | Medium- To Light-Green Colour, Massive | |
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 3 | Quartz- Or Quartz-Feldspar Dykes | Fine-Grained, White, Buff To Light Brown Colour |
| 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 | Disseminated |
Mar 25, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - 'Gold has also been found on the Neelands claims 9791.' REF: ODM 1924, AR Vol. 33, Part 3, Page 39.
Mar 25, 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 or sills.' 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
Map - Map KL1016-1, Note: Scale is 1:2344; availlable in KL1016
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGO
Part - Notes on gold in McNeil and other townships
Publication Number: ARV33-03.003 Page: 39 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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