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| Record Name(s) | Ashley West - 1947, Kiernicki Property - 1988, Argyle Property - 2002 - 2002 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1997-Dec-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Argyle
Latitude: 48° 0' 55.83" Longitude: -80° 54' 31.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 506807.931 Northing: 5318028.008 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A02SW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is approximatey 25 km west of Matachewan on Hwy 566. The drill hole is located 300 m southwest of Hwy 566, 1.45 km northwest of the junction to the former United Asbestos Midlothian deposit.
1997: Fred Kiernicki: stripping, mapping and trenching 1991: Fred Kiernicki: A 3-hole diamond drill program totalling 1113 feet. Best assay was 0.021 ounce Au over 2 feet in drill hole K3-91 1988: Fred Kiernicki: airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey over the property. Ground follow-up was used to pinpoint the conductors. 1985: Lenora Explorations Ltd: overburden stripping on the claims of Fox and Kiernicki. 1937-38: Ashley Gold & Oil Minerals Limited: trenched and diamond drilled the area as follow-up exploration on the Garvey Vein
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL5245 | 42A02SW2011 | 42A02SW2011 |
| KL5168 | 32D04NE0088 | 32D04NE0088 |
| KL6220 | 20000004333 | 20000004333 |
| KL1412, OP91-619 | 42A02SW0009 | 42A02SW0009 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
May 14, 2010 (D Guidon) - Narrow quartz vein within silicified basalt.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalts | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
May 14, 2010 (J Suma-Momoh) - Diamond drill hole K3-91 intersected 0.002 oz/t over 2 ft; 0.004 oz/t over 10 feet; and 0.021 oz/t Au over 2 ft as best assay in the drilling program of year 1991. REF: KL 3445. In the1997 stripping program, a single grab sample (about 45-50 m northwest from the drill hole K3-91) returned 0.34 oz/t Au. REF: KL6220, page 18, last paragraph. A sample (# 1226) of quartz vein collected by Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc. during summer of 2003 ran 643 ppb Au. REF: Table 2, in KL 5245. Other samples from the site have returned 2.2 g/t Au in grab sample; 2.3 g/t over 30 cm and 0.7 g/t over 0.2 cm in channel samples. REF: Map KL 5245-2.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
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| Gold | Unknown | .0215 | oz/t |
File - Resident Geologist files KL0164, KL0888, KL2581, KL3445
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Bannockburn gold area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM41A Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1997
Author: Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Bannockburn gold area
Publication Number: ARV41-02.001 Date: 1998
Author: Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geology of Argyle and Baden townships
Publication Number: OFM0179 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1991
Author: Kresz D.U.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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