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MDI42A08NE00032
| Record Name(s) | Nahanni East-1 - 1992, Merrex - 1992, Redstone - 1992, Moneta Porcupine Mines - 1992, October/September - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Feb-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Michaud
Latitude: 48° 28' 9.77" Longitude: -80° 1' 39"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 571883.269 Northing: 5368928.671 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08NE
Point Location Description: Point
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Point Located: A point 2.10 km north and 1.10 km west of the southeast corner of Michaud Township.
1979- 1987: Nahanni Mines and/or Redstone Resources Inc. completed magnetic, VLF, and HL electromagnetic surveys and by 1983 had diamond drilled 5 holes totalling 3,477 feet in southeast Michaud Township. Additional geophysical surveys, overburden drilling, and 2 holes totalling 901 feet were diamond drilled in 1983. IP geophysical surveys were completed prior to the diamond drilling of 6 holes totalling 2,785 feet during 1986. Additional IP geophysical surveys were completed, the property was optioned to Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc., and Moneta Porcupine Mines completed reverse circulation and diamond drilling 1989: Joint venture partners Moneta Porcupine Mines, Nahanni Mines and Unocal Canada Inc. diamond drilled 20,000 feet. Multiple auriferous shear zones within syenite porphyry are reported (The Northern Miner, March 6, April 17, May 8, August 28, and October 2, 1989) to have been encountered by this drilling. Assay results reported include core sections of 17.7, 21.6, 27.4, and 22.0 feet which assayed 0.15, 0.25, 0.12, and 0.18 ounce of gold per ton, respectively.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.4526 | 42A08NE0109 | 42A08NE0109 |
| 63.4011 | 42A08NE0108 | 42A08NE0108 |
| 15 | 42A08NE0115 | 42A08NE0115 |
| 2.5312 | 42A08NE0810 | 42A08NE0810 |
| 2.4935 | 42A08NE0105 | 42A08NE0105 |
| 2.5976 | 42A09SE0282 | 42A09SE0282 |
| 2.5955 | 42A09SE0283 | 42A09SE0283 |
| 19 | 42A08NE0097 | 42A08NE0097 |
| 63.4313 | 42A09SE0280 | 42A09SE0280 |
| 26 | 42A08NE0087 | 42A08NE0087 |
| 2.10180 | 42A08NE0083 | 42A08NE0083 |
| 63.4994 | 42A08NE0076 | 42A08NE0076 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Altered Basalt | Host |
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| Chert | 2 | Host | ||
| Claystone | 3 | Argillite | Hanging Wall | |
| Syenite | 4 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | ||||
| Cancrinite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 |
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Diamond drill hole no. M-82-1 yielded a 15.1 foot long core length which averaged 0.024 ounce of gold per ton within chert interbedded with graphitic argillite. Hole no. M-82-4 intersected syenitic material averaging 100-1,200 ppb of gold, including a 14.4 foot core section which averaged 0.02 ounce of gold per ton. Hole no. M-84-7 yielded a 17.5 foot long core section of pyritic and variably altered (of unspecified type) volcanic rock which averaged 0.04 ounce of gold per ton which is associated with graphitic interflow material. Hole no. M- 86-10 yielded a 5.0 foot long core section of variably sericitized and carbonatized basalt which averaged 0.037 ounce of gold per ton. Hole no. M-86-12 yielded a 22 foot long core section of pyritic sericitized and carbonatized basalt which averaged 0.029 ounce of gold per ton. Additional alteration minerals noted in the Nahanni Mines drill logs to be associated with anomalously elevated gold tenors appear below (assessment files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake). Diamond drilling is reported (The Northern Miner, October 2, 1989) to have intersected within sheared syenite porphyry within the PDFZ additional significant anomalously elevated gold tenors. The auriferous material intersected by Nahanni Mines appears to be similar in character to and to represent strike extensions of anomalously auriferous material intersected by Wright- Hargreaves Mines Ltd./Windjammer Power and Gas Co./Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd./Destiny Resources Ltd.at the Caswell occurrence and by Moneta Porcupine Mines at the Miller occurrence.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1944, KL-2348
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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:
Core - Drill Core Library KL1820
Publication Number: DCL-1820 Date: 1901
Author:
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Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Caithness, and parts of Scholfield, Pelletier and Doherty townships, Hearst-Kapuskasing area, Algoma and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: P2961 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1986
Author: Berger B.R., MacMillan D.W., Roy P.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Michaud Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF382 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
Map - Geological series, preliminary results of bedrock samples from the sonic drilling, 1985, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2986 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1986
Author: Jensen L.S., Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1436-1439 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, bedrock samples from the sonic drilling program 1987, Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P3114 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1989
Author: Johnstone R.M., Sutcliffe R.H., Steele K.G., Baker C.L., McClenaghan M.B.
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
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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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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
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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
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Part - Geology of Michaud Township
Publication Number: ARV57-04 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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
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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:
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