Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | South Zone - 1996, Thorne Property - 1994, Band-Ore Horizon - 1996, South Fault Zone - 1996, Golden River East Zone - 2012 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2004-Aug-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Thorneloe
Latitude: 48° 21' 1.2" Longitude: -81° 31' 19.33"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 461323 Northing: 5355371 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05SE
Point Location Description: Cluster of drill holes south-east of Kapika Zone near 40+00E
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 highway 144 south of the Tatachikapika River provides access to the central portion of the east part of the Thorne property.
1994-2004: Band-Ore Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, airborne geophysics, 243 ddh (67,491 m). 2006-2009: West Timmins Mining – diamond drilling. 2009-2012: Lake Shore Gold Corp. – property acquisition, diamond drilling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3616 / 42A05SE0038 | 42A05SE0038 | 42A05SE0038 |
| T-3616 / 42A06NW0042 | 42A06NW0042 | 42A06NW0042 |
| T-3616 / W9560-00310 | 42A05SE0006 | 42A05SE0006 |
| T-3616 / W9660.0068 | 42A05SE0015 | 42A05SE0015 |
| T-3616 / 42A05SE0034 | 42A05SE0034 | 42A05SE0034 |
| T-3616 / 42A05SE0014 | 42A05SE0014 | 42A05SE0014 |
| T-3616 / W9560-00163 | 42A05SE0005 | 42A05SE0005 |
| T-3616 / 42A06SW0025 | 42A06SW0025 | 42A06SW0025 |
| T-3616 / W9560-00382 | 42A05SE0009 | 42A05SE0009 |
| T-3947 / 42A06SW2006 | 42A06SW2006 | 42A06SW2006 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Jun 25, 2012 (A Wilson) - The Band-Ore Horizon lies approximately 150 m south of the Kapika Zone and lies between Band-Ore gridlines L16+45E to L60+00E. Gold mineralization is hosted by Archean-aged clastic metasediments, consisting of near vertical siltstones, thickly bedded argillites, arenite and conglomerates with minor quartz-feldspar porphyries. The zone is a highly altered silicified, sericitized and carbonatized zone with pyrite and arsenopyrite mineralization. there appears to be a broad envelope of sericite ankerite alteration surrounding the gold zones with minor fuchsite, montmorillonite and quartz-ankerite veining.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Ankerite | Host |
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| Siltstone | 2 | Host | ||
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Sericite-Ankerite | Host | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Quartz-Feldspar | Near |
Jun 25, 2012 (A Wilson) - Gold mineralization is spatially associated with cross-cutting, quartz-ankerite veins marking a reactivated fault structure. The zone can be described as a broad, weakly auriferous zone up to several tens of metres wide within variably weakly to moderately sericitized and carbonatized and arsenopyrite-pyrite-quartz-ankerite veined sediments. The sediments are weakly anomalous in gold ranging from 0.03 to 0.10 g/t Au and enriched in arsenic. Alteration and mineralization appears to be confined by impermeable chloritized and graphitic argillite beds.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Tetrahedrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 25, 2012 (A Wilson) - The nature of the arsenopyrite is much different than in the other zones, as coarse arsenopyrite crystals are the dominant species as opposed to the normal acicular variety. No visible stibnite is observed and the occurrence of blebby pyrite rarely exceeds 2%.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold River East | 2012 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 597000 | Lake Shore Gold Corp., NI 43-101 rpt 05/04/2012 | Gold 5.42 Grams per Tonne | |
| Gold River East | 2012 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 4317000 | Gold 6.39 Grams per Tonne |
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:
MonoMap - The geology of Keefer, Denton and Thorneloe townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5699 Date: 1989
Author: Choudhry A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Publication - Summary Report Of Thorne Property, Band-Ore Resources, 43-101 Report
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2002
Author: G. Cavey
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Publication - Updated Report On The Thorne Property, Band-Ore Resources, 43-101 Report
Publication Number: 43-101 (2) Date: 2002
Author: G. Cavey
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Publication - Band-Ore Resources Ltd.
Publication Number: clippings Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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 Rpt Date: 2012
Author: J. Samson, R. Kusins, D. Powers
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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