Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42A02SW00040
| Record Name(s) | Adit Vein - 1919, Thesaurus - 1923, Strike - 1988, Queenston - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1995-May-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Baden
Latitude: 48° 5' 44.45" Longitude: -80° 44' 46.77"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 518887.998 Northing: 5326966.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: GPS location of Adit
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property can be accessed from Kirkland Lake by Highway 66 west, toward Matachewan for 30 miles to the Matachewan Native Reserve road, then north along the reserve road to the village, a distance of 8 miles. From the Reserve village, the property is located 5 miles northwest along the Radisson Lake road, then 2 miles west along a newer tertiary road. Access can also be achieved by boat from Matachewan north along the Montreal River or by float plane.
1989: Queenston Mining Inc: sampling 1988: Strike Minerals Inc: surface stripping 1919-20: Thesaurus Gold Mines Ltd: prospecting, trenching, driving of a 50 foot adit along the Discovery Vein (Adit Vein) 1917: James Nelson: staking of the claim
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-2565 | 42A02SE0120 | 42A02SE0120 |
| KL-0606 | 42A02SW0012 | 42A02SW0012 |
| 53H12SW0002 | 20000005317 | 20000005317 |
| 2.13307 | 42A02SW0011 | 42A02SW0011 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Massive, Medium-Grained; Pink Hornblende Granite | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | White To Grey-Coloured; Coarse-Grained | Contains |
| Granite | 3 | Aplite | Red Aplite Dyke, Fine-Grained | |
| Diabase | 4 | Diabase | Intrudes | |
| Intermediate Tuff | 5 | Mainly Calc-Alkaline Andesite | Agglomerates, Tuff And Fragmentals |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 09, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - The Adit Vein showing is a series of quartz veins keyed to tight faults trending at 045 degrees through the granite, south of the Thesaurus shaft. Exposed veins, up to 2 feet in thickness returned values ranging to 0.254 oz/ton gold from surface chip sampling. Visible gold has been noted in these veins and minor chalcopyrite-pyrite-specularite mineralization is found in fault traces where quartz is present. Queenston Mining Inc. reports analyses for gold from this showing, including: 5555 ppb (average) from a 15 inch chip sample of the Main Vein; 2850 ppb from a 12 inch chip sample of the Main Vein; 650 ppb of a 15 ft sample from a parallel vein, south-east of the main vein. REF: Report by W.J. McGuinty (January, 1991), pages xxii, xxxi-xxxii, in KL 2565.
Jun 09, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - Alteration of the granite consists of sericitization, hematization and pyrite mineralization over variable widths of several inches to several feet.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0474, KL-2292, KL-2364
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - The Matachewan gold area
Publication Number: ARV27-01.008 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Notes on gold in McNeil and other townships
Publication Number: ARV33-03.003 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Resident Geologist Property Report KL#264
Publication Number: PV 264 Date: 1996
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of the Matachewan area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R051 Date: 1967
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Baden and Alma townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2109 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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