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| Record Name(s) | Augdome Property - 1959, Augarita Mines Ltd. Property - 1912, Diepdome Mines Ltd. Property - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Mar-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Iron, Gold
Township or Area: Tisdale, Whitney
Latitude: 48° 27' 31.28" Longitude: -81° 13' 45.99"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 483037 Northing: 5367309 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: approximate centre of Augdome Property
Location Method: Data Compilation
circa 1909: discovery of gold. 1912: Augarita Mines Limited – stripping, mapping, sampling, assays. 1936-1937: New Augarita Porcupine Mines Ltd. – Assays, DD-16-5600 ft, geology. 1940-45: New Augarita Porcupine Mines Ltd. – underground development from Preston underground workings, assays, DD-20-12,848 ft. 1949: New Augarita Porcupine Mines Ltd. – ground geophysics, mapping. 1957-64: Augdome Exploration Limited – UG DD-6-1790 ft. (diamond drilling took place from the 1050 ft level of the Preston East Dome Mine. 1965-68: Augdome Exploration Ltd.: DD-5-686 ft. 1980: Augdome Corp. Ltd. – ground geophysics, DD-20-17,521 ft. 1981: Diepdaume Mines Limited – dewatering, underground redevelopment, mine site redevelopment, trenching, sampling, prospecting, DD-3-232.5 ft. 1982-1989: Augdome Corporation Ltd. – assays, DD-10-4485.7 ft, DD UG-6-9206 ft., ground geophysics, mapping. 2003- 2011: LexamVG Gold Inc. (Vedron Gold) – acquired royalty interest in property. 2011: McLaren Resources Inc. – re-aquires property
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2633 / donation | ||
| T-2633 / OM86-5P-225 / | donation | donation |
| T-2633 / 63.4356 / OM83-5P-192 | 42A06NE0129 | 42A06NE0129 |
| T-2633 / 63.4135 / OM82-5P-8 | 42A06NE8840 | 42A06NE8840 |
| T-2633 / OM-P81-5-P-87 | donation | donation |
| T-0282 | donation | donation |
| T-2625/ 63.3926 / OM3-PE2-80 | 42A06NE8443 | 42A06NE8443 |
| T-2633 / OM87-5C-124 | 42A06NE0098 | 42A06NE0098 |
| T-0282 | 42A06NE0333 | 42A06NE0333 |
| T-2623 / OM86-PE81-C-81 | 42A06NE0202 | 42A06NE0202 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Altered Mafic Metavolcanics | Massive, Pillowed, Flow-Top Breccia | Near |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Contains | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 4 | Adjacent |
Dec 12, 2013 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a zone containing quartz-carbonate stringers in serpentinite. The serpentinite is described as being schistose towards the bottom of the drill holes. The west portion of the property is transected by the burrows-Benedict Fault and the rocks west of the fault consist of massive andesite with interflow metasediments. The sedimentary horizon contains talcose serpentinite. The eastern portion of the property is cross cut by an ENE trending peridotite sill. The peridotite terminates to the west against the Burrows-Benedict Fault. The nickel ore is hosted within the serpentine. The serpentine parallels a narrow band of magnetic iron formation which lies approximately 90 m to the north. The main iron formation does not outcrop but the overburden is relatively thin. Diamond drilling indicated a 915 m long body dipping about 60º N with an average width of 18 m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Siderite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Millerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 12, 2013 (A Wilson) - Surface sampling from the vein by Augarita Mines Ltd. Returned values ranging from $3.00 Au to $26.00 over unknown widths. Au. Two drill holes 150 ft apart near the Preston East Dome boundary returned assays of 0.15 oz/t Au over 30 ft and 0.25 oz/t over 30 ft. An assay from New Augarita Porcupine DDH 4-S-2 returned $9.10 Au over 3.5 feet from mafic metavolcanics. Diamond drilling from the 1980 campaign returned an average assay value of 0.163 oz/t Au across 63.2 ft. Assays from the 1981 surface diamond drilling returned values of nil to 0.030 oz/t Au over 5 ft. The best assay was from DDH 81-1 assayed 0.03 oz/t Au. A low-grade nickel deposit was discovered at the site in 1968. The deposit extends 3.2 – 4.8 km along strike and is 122 m wide.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augdome Gold Zone | 1968 | Unclassified | 140000 | Canadian Mines Handbook 1981-82 p. 44 | inactive; 142800 tons | Gold 0.15 Ounce per Ton |
| Augdome Nickel Zone | 1968 | Unclassified | 50000000 | MR223 ONT 255 | inactive | Nickel 0.175 Percent |
| Augdome Iron Zone | 1967 | Unclassified | 20000000 | MR223 ONT 255 | Iron 30 Percent |
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1960, p. 18
Publication Number: CMH 1960 Page: 18 Date: 1960
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 94 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - Northern Miner 67-01-26, p. 78
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1967
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Timmins RGO
MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R058 Page: 72-74 Date: 1968
Author: Ferguson S.A., Buffam B.S.W., Carter O.F., Griffis A.T., Holmes T.C., Hurst M.E., Jones W.A., Lane H.C., Longley C.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 129-130 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 90 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Tisdale Township, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2075 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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 - Canadian Mineral Deposits not Being Mined in 1989
Publication Number: MR 223 Page: ONT-255 Date: 1990
Author:
Publisher Name: Energy Mines and Resources Canada
Location: Timmins RGO
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