Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI42A07NW00011
| Record Name(s) | Armont Occurrence - 1935, Trout Creek Claims - 1923, Blanchette-Giroux Group - 1912, Hill - Jarvi Property - 1975 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1997-Jan-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Feb-06 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Thomas
Latitude: 48° 23' 23.47" Longitude: -80° 49' 1.44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 513542.799 Northing: 5359648.521 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A07NW
Point Location Description: Trenches on south side of Radisson Creek on leased claim
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Travel south of highway 101 on the Gibson Lake raod for 16 km to a bush road just north of the Bow and Arrow Lake road. The bush trail leads 2.5 km west to a crossing on Radisson Creek. Travel back 800 m to the site after crossing the creek.
1910: prospect shaft sunk to 40 ft, drifting at 30 ft. . 1912: Blanchette-Giroux- trenching, sampling. 1923: H. Hanson - sampling. 1935: Goward Gold Mines - diamond drilling. 1936: Blanchette-Porcupine Gold MInes Ltd. - sampling. 1942: Armont Gold Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1976-76: L. Hill - 3 ddh (562 ft), stripping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1557, 11 | 42A07NW0214 | 42A07NW0214 |
| T-1557, 13 | 42A07NW0160 | 42A07NW0160 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Geological mapping (Berry 1942; Leahy 1969; Pyke 1976; Jensen and Baker 1986; Johnstone and Steele 1989; McClenaghan et al. 1988, 1987; Steele 1988) indicates that bedrock in the area consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Sheared | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Chlorite | Near | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host | |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 4 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of quartz veins hosted by pyrite-bearing chlorite schist and carbonatized mafic metavolcanic rocks. In the area, tourmaline-bearing quartz stringers, specularite stringers and quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes hosted by carbonatized and sheared metavolcanics have been reported.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 3 |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Assays up to $8.20 Au per ton were obtained from grab samples taken in 1923. Samples collected from the same site in 1912 returned assays up to $10.40 Au per ton. Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1971 returned values of 0.16 oz/t Au and 0.14 oz/t Au. Grab samples collected from dump material in 1936 returned assays of $1.75 Au, $70.00 Au, $51.10 and $0.35 Au.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - In the north half of lot 12, concession II, Sheraton Township, stripping and trenching are reported (assessment files, Resident Geologist's Office, Timmins) to have exposed a quartz-carbonate vein along 700 feet. The vein strikes 110 and averages 1 foot in width. This trend is subparallel to that of a regional scale cross fault (The Cross Lake Fault) which is interpreted (Pyke 1976) to subcrop near the southwest corner of Sheraton Township. The vein is reported (assessment files) to contain coarse grained pyrite, carbonate, chlorite, and chalcopyrite and is hosted by sheared and silicified 'greenstone' (Berry 1942). In the area, tourmaline bearing quartz stringers, specularite stringers, and quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes hosted by variably carbonatized and sheared volcanic rocks have also been described (Berry 1942). Assays as high as 0.5 ounce of gold per ton have been reported from the area. Grab samples of pyritic chlorite schist and carbonatized volcanic rocks yielded assays as high as 0.16 ounce of gold per ton (Leahy 1969).
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 213 | .3 | 110 |
File - Resident Geologist files T-272, T-277
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Part - Geology of the Langmuir-Sheraton area
Publication Number: ARV49-04 Page: 11 Date: 1997
Author: Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Nighthawk Lake area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5037 Page: 52 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Night Hawk Lake area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2222 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Langmuir-Sheraton area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM49H Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Night Hawk Lake area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2222 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1156-1159 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Watabeag River area, districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane
Publication Number: P1078 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 136 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Folio - Sheraton Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF402 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Porcupine-Shiningtree area, districts of Cochrane, Timiskaming and Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: M1931A Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Hurst M.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Thomas Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0547 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Night Hawk Lake area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R096 Page: 36 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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: 42A-210 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Timmins data series, Thomas Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2073 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1999
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Timmins Resident Geologist District Office