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| Record Name(s) | Esso Kapika Zone - 1985, Robele Joint Venture - 1987, Esso DDH T-36 - 1988, Gertie Gold Syndicate DDH 7 - 1946, Golden River East Zone - 2012 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Thorneloe
Latitude: 48° 21' 4.85" Longitude: -81° 31' 49.49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 460703 Northing: 5355488 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05SE
Point Location Description: centre of zone on Figure 6 in NI 43-101 rpt (2002)
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: Easy all weather access is provided by highway 101 and highway 144. A dirt road which follows along the north side of the Tatachikapika River provides access to the interior of the west part of the property. A dirt road off highway144 south of the Tatachikapika River provides access to the central portion of the east part of the Thorne property.
1946-47: Gertie Gold Syndicate - ground geophysics, 5 ddh (2643 ft), mapping. 1985-88: Esso Minerals Canada - mapping, ground geophysics, OVD (529 ft), 55 ddh (10,856 m). 1989: Mintek Resources - sampling, stripping, 1 ddh. 1992-2004: Band-Ore Resources Ltd. - 9 ddh (1846 m), ground geophysics. 2006-2009: West Timmins Mining – diamond drilling 2009-2012: Lake Shore Gold Corp. – property acquisition, DD, resource calculation.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2890 / 42A05SE0059 | 20000005009 | 20000005009 |
| T-2890 / 63.5053 | 42A05SE0057 | 42A05SE0057 |
| T-2890 / 63.5351 | 42A05SE0052 | 42A05SE0052 |
| T-2890 / 63.5243 | 42A05SE0056 | 42A05SE0056 |
| T-2890 / 42A05SE0072 | 42A05SE0072 | 42A05SE0072 |
| T-2890 / 42A06NW0317 | 42A06NW0317 | 42A06NW0317 |
| T-3616 / 42A06SW0025 | 42A06SW0025 | 42A06SW0025 |
| T-3616 / 42A05SE0014 | 42A05SE0014 | 42A05SE0014 |
| T-3616 / 42A05SE0038 | 42A05SE0038 | 42A05SE0038 |
| T-2890 / 42A05SE0074 | 42A05SE0074 | 42A05SE0074 |
| T-3947 / 42A06SW2006 | 42A06SW2006 | 42A06SW2006 |
| T-3616 / W9660.0068 | 42A05SE0015 | 42A05SE0015 |
| T-4931 / 42A05SE2022 | 42A05SE2022 | 42A05SE2022 |
| T-0195 / 63.134 | 42A05SE0098 | 42A05SE0098 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Porphyry | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Near | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Sericite | Host | |
| Conglomerate | 4 | Sheared | Near |
Jun 26, 2012 (A Wilson) - The Kapika Zone lies within altered quartz and/or feldspar porphyries hosted wtihin an assemblage of turbiditic metasedimentary rocks. The mineralization is contained in a sericitic rich shear zone that varies in width from 20 to 70 m hostd by thinly bedded argillite and conglomerates and other mixed metasediments. The Kapika Zone style of mineralization consists of two distinct gold zones. One is hosted by a red magnetite-bearing porphyry and the other within arsenopyrite-pyrite-quartz-ankerite veined sericitic metasediments.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Tetrahedrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Stibnite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 8 | Berthierite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 9 | Boulangerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Pyrite | Alteration | Pyritic | 2 | Medium | Disseminated | ||
| Hematite | Alteration | Hematization | 3 | Medium | Replacement |
Jun 26, 2012 (A Wilson) - A 0.04 ft section of drill core returned $1.40 Au from Gertie Gold Syndicate drill hole 7. Significant assays from the Esso drillig included 14.00 g/t au (uncut) and 5.41 g/t Au (cut) over 6.14 m in drill hole T-28, and 12.0 g/t au over 1 m in T-50. Visible gold was reported in 7 drill holes which resulted i nhigh gold intercepts such as 2.85 oz/t Au over 1 m in TH-97-222 and 16 g/t Au over 1 m in TH-97-223. In the Kapika area, the mineralization is different than most of the other gold zones, as this one is mostly dominated by pyrite, with little or no arsenopyrite, and is associated with quartz+/-tourmaline veins. The mineralization was previously reported to be predominantly hosted by the red magnetite-bearing dykes. Although narrow “trachytic” syenite dykelets have been observed, the mineralization appears to be primarily hosted by a highly deformed and altered mafic unit, possibly the same one which sits above the mineralization further to the east. The mineralization overprints the pink albite (?)-magnetite-hematite alteration which is so predominant there and further north of the mafic unit along the Gold River East Zone.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 400 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold River East | 2012 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 4317000 | Lake Shore Gold Corp., NI 43-101 rpt 05/04/2012 | Gold 6.39 Grams per Tonne | |
| Gold River East | 2012 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 597000 | Lake Shore Gold Corp., NI 43-101 rpt 05/04/2012 | ||
| KAPIKA ZONE | 1988 | Unclassified | 265662 | G. Cavey, 43-101 Report On Thorne Property, updated 20/12/2002; Non 43-101 compliant | 1988 report 292,228 tons @0.072 oz/t Au to a depth of 200 m | Gold 2.45 Grams per Tonne |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0195
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Keefer-Eldorado area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM47D Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The geology of Keefer, Denton and Thorneloe townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5699 Page: 79-80 Date: 1989
Author: Choudhry A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Thorneloe Township, Cochrane District
Publication Number: P2502 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Choudhry A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Updated Geological Report on the Thorne Property, 43-101 Report
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2002
Author: G. Cavey
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
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Location:
Publication - Technical Report On The Update Of Mineral Resource Estimate For The Gold River Property, Thorneloe Township, Timmins, Ontario,, 289p.
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2012
Author: J. Samson, R. Kusins, D. Powers
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Location: Timmins RGO
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