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| Record Name(s) | Moneta 55 Zone - 2002, Wright-Hargreaves K-3 - 1992, Wright-Hargreaves 2 - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1992-Feb-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Michaud
Latitude: 48° 28' 3.14" Longitude: -80° 3' 44.45"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 569310 Northing: 5368692 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08NE
Point Location Description: 55 Zone located on Moneta Porcupine map
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Point Located: A point 1.58 km north and 5.29 km east of the southwest corner of Michaud Township.
1947- 1948: Wright-Hargreaves Mines Ltd. diamond drilled 10 stratigraphic holes totalling 8,712 feet in southwest Michaud Township in an area of sparse bedrock exposure. Three of these holes yielded anomalously elevated gold tenors ranging from 0.03 to 0.10 ounce of gold per ton from core lengths ranging from 1 to 4 feet. 2002: Acrex Ventures Ltd. and Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. completed diamond drill hole MA-02-06 to the east. Best intersection 11.42 g/t gold over 0.7 m 2003-2004: Acrex Ventures completed 2 holes totaling 793 m on the 55 zone. DDH MA-03-10 intersected 4.37 g/t Au over 4.28 m. DDH MA-03-11 intersected 2.31 g/t Au over 4.4 m. 2010-2011: Part of a 30 000 m diamond drilling program by Moneta Porcupine Mines Ltd. An NI 43-101 resources estimate was release December 1, 2011. 2012: further dilling and updated resource estimate.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-5148 | 42A08NE2018 | 42A08NE2018 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Geological mapping (Sutcliffe and Steele 1989; Jensen 1989, 1985; Troop 1989; Jensen and Langford 1985; Satterly 1949; McClenaghan et al. 1989, 1988, 1987; Steele 1988; Baker, Seaman and Steele 1980) indicates that the occurrence area is largely glacial drift covered. Bedrock in the area consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies, except marginal to large felsic bodies, where amphibolite grade metamorphic aureoles may be developed) volcanic and clastic sedimentary rocks which strike east and dip steeply. The occurrence area basement supracrustal assemblage is variably sheared, faulted, and metasomatized and it is intruded by felsic to mafic dike rocks, biotite lamprophyre dikes, and diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic according to Heaman 1989) Matachewan swarm. Jensen (1989, 1985) interpreted the drill holes which yielded the anomalous gold tenors which constitute this occurrence to be collared within the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone. A recent geophysical survey of Michaud Township (OGS 1984) failed to detect any anomalous bedrock conductors which coincide with the occurrence location.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Jasper Bearing | Near | |
| Claystone | 3 | Argillite | Contains | |
| Syenite | 4 | Near | ||
| Biotite Lamprophyre | 5 | Biotite | Near | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 6 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Leucoxene | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 2 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 3 | Unknown | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Wright-Hargreaves Mines diamond drill hole no. 9 is reported (assessment files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake) to have yielded ... no assays higher than 0.02 oz/ton..., implying that gold tenors assaying greater than 0.01 ounce of gold per ton were intersected. Wright-Hargreaves Mines diamond drill hole no. 10 is reported (assessment files) to have yielded a 1 foot long core section of greywacke which averaged 0.03 ounce of gold per ton.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 Zone (underground) | 2022 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 150000 | Moneta Gold Mines Inc. NI 43-101 October 14, 2022 | 19,000 contained oz Au | Gold 3.95 g/t |
| 55 Zone (open pit) | 2022 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 4780000 | Moneta Gold Mines Inc. NI 43-101 October 14, 2022 | 199,000 contained oz Au | Gold 1.3 g/t |
| 55 Zone (open pit) | 2022 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 4266000 | Moneta Gold Mines Inc. NI 43-101 October 14, 2022 | 139,000 contained oz Au | Gold 1.01 g/t |
| 55 Zone - pit | 2011 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 3417900 | Moneta Porcupine Mines Ltd. press release December 1 2011 | Gold .78 g/t | |
| 55 Zone - out of pit | 2011 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 56300 | Moneta Porcupine Mines Ltd. press release December 1 2011 | Gold 2.65 g/t | |
| 55 Zone - pit | 2011 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 5997800 | Moneta Porcupine Mines Ltd. press release December 1 2011 | Gold 1.15 g/t | |
| 55 Zone - out of pit | 2011 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 139100 | Moneta Porcupine Mines Ltd. press release December 1 2011 | Gold 2.83 g/t |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-2348, KL-2863, KL-5410
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology of the Ramore area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming
Publication Number: P2381 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1980
Author: Baker C.L., Seaman A.A., Steele K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - NI 43-101 Report & Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Tower Gold Project
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Page: 158 Date: 2022
Author: Raponi, T.R., Elfen, A., Weston, S., Hasanloo, D., Dufresne, M.B., Lill, J., Farmer, N.
Publisher Name: Moneta Gold Inc.
Location: SEDAR
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Ramore area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming
Publication Number: P3131 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1989
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Rotasonic drilling operations (1984) and overburden heavy mineral studies, Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5569 Date: 1986
Author: Averill S.A., MacNeill K.A., Huneault R.G., Baker C.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Michaud Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80597 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Michaud Township
Publication Number: ARV57-04 Page: 24-25 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, bedrock samples from the sonic drilling program 1988, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P3136 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1989
Author: Sutcliffe R.H., Steele K.G., Hart B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 133 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Folio - Michaud Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF382 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 869-874 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and petrogenesis of the Archean Abitibi belt in the Kirkland Lake area, Ontario
Publication Number: MP123 Date: 1985
Author: Jensen L.S., Langford F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP136.294 Page: 200-214 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP140.294 Page: 112-123 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Reconnaissance till sampling program, Matheson-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP141.081 Page: 472-477 Date: 1997
Author: Steele K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Geological investigations of the Destor-Porcupine deformation zone east of Matheson
Publication Number: MP146.023 Date: 1997
Author: Troop D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP143.294 Page: 24-32 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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