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Record: MDI42A08NE00172

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Glimmer - 1991, Noranda (328) - 9999, Canamax Resources - 9999
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Occurrence
Date Created	1991-Mar-09
Date Last Modified	2023-Jan-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum

Location

Township or Area: Barnet

Latitude: 48° 24' 31.55" Longitude: -80° 2' 46.06"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 570590.273 Northing: 5362173.63 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08NE

Point Location Description: TRENCH

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Point Located: A point 4.50 km south and 2.76 km west of the northeast corner of Barnet Township.

Exploration History

1965: Mid-Rim Mining Co. Ltd. completed electromagnetic surveys over claims which would eventually be staked by Glimmer Resources Inc. 1979: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. completed magnetic and HL electromagnetic surveys on ground which would eventually be staked by Glimmer Resources. 1980: Noranda Exploration Co. diamond drilled 1 hole totalling 444 feet near where Glimmer Resources would discover anomalous gold mineralization. 1986: Glimmer Resources Inc. staked a contiguous block of 108 claims in east central Barnet Township (The Northern Miner, March 17, 1986) and completed geological, magnetic, and VLF electromagnetic surveys over them. 1987: Glimmer Resources stripped and trenched. 1988: By January, Glimmer Resources had increased the size of their property to 132 claims and had optioned it to Canamax Resources Inc. (The Northern Miner, January 18, March 7, 1988; The Northern Miner Magazine, March, 1988). Canamax Resources completed magnetic and VLF electromagnetic surveys, had diamond drilled 17 holes totalling 2468.5 m. 1989: Glimmer Resources and Master Gold failed to sign the agreement the details of which were announced in December. Glimmer Resources was attempting to vend its claims in early in the year (The Northern Miner, February 2,; March 6, 1989). 1990: Placer Dome Inc. drilled 9 diamond drill holes testing a number of EM conductors on the property 1997: Glimmer Resources Inc. diamond drilled 9 holes toalling 1181 m. Diamond drill holes B97-1 intersected 0.74 g/t Au over 1.2 m. Diamond drill holes B97-2 had 6 significant intersecting between 183.9 and 207.1 m down hole. The best was 6.82 g/t Au over 1.4 m.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
KL-4165	42A08NE0086	42A08NE0086
KL-0404, 17	42A08NE0207	42A08NE0207

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Geological mapping (Jensen 1989, 1986, 1985; Jensen and Langford 1985; Jensen and Baker 1986; Johnstone and Steele 1989; Baker et al. 1980; McClenaghan et al. 1988, 1987; Steele 1988) indicates that bedrock in the area consists mainly of sparsely exposed east southeast to east striking, steeply dipping, and south facing weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) tholeiitic basalt of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group. These rocks occupy part of the north limb of the east striking and east plunging Blake River Synclinorium. A recent airborne geophysical survey (OGS 1984) indicates that in the west central Thackeray/central Barnet Township area, distinctively anomalously elevated (in a regional context) magnetic values are present. Because felsic intrusive bodies in the area are often associated with anomalously elevated magnetic contact/alteration aureoles, the presence of a broad zone of anomalously elevated magnetism suggests that felsic intrusive material occurs here at depth. Detailed geological mapping by Glimmer Resources and diamond drilling by Canamax Resources indicates that felsic ('syenitic') dikes and small plugs are indeed common. Narrow lamprophyre dikes are also noted in the Canamax Resources drill logs.

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided	1	Basalt	Host
Syenite	2	Syenite Dike	Host
Vein	3	Quartz	N/A

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - The Canamax Resources drilling intersected a 120 striking zone which is 325 m long and consists of variably brecciated, fractured, mylonitized, and cataclastic rocks ranging in (apparent) width from 3 to 170 m which are mauve to yellow to grey to green colored, variably magnetic, and variably carbonatized, hematized, sericitized, epidote bearing, feldspathized (K feldspar was identified), and pyritic (3-5%).

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type	Alteration Mineral Type	Alteration Ranking
1	Hematite	Economic	Ore
2	Pyrite	Economic	Ore
3	Molybdenite	Economic	Ore
4	Gold	Economic	Ore
1	Chlorite	Economic	Gangue
2	Carbonate	Economic	Gangue
3	Quartz	Economic	Gangue
4	Sericite	Economic	Gangue
	Carbonate	Alteration		Carbonatization	1
	Hematite	Alteration		Hematization	2
	Sericite	Alteration		Sericitization	3

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Aurif. qv are rpted to strike 110, dip 30 degrees (north?), and are char. by the pres. of chloritic and pyritic xenoliths which may give the vein(s) a ribbed appear. A grab sample of such pyritic vein mat. is rpted to have yielded an assay of 0.145 ounce of Au per ton. Anom. Au tenors assoc. with fracture assoc. of basalt and/or syenitic dike mat. were inters. by Canamax dia. drilling and appar. are also exposed in several trenches. The Canamax drilling inters. a 120 striking zone which is 325 m long and consists of var. brecc., fractured, mylonitized, and cataclastic rxs ranging in (apparent) width from 3 to 170 m which are mauve to yellow to grey to green colored, var. magn., and var. c, hematized, sericitized, ep. bearing, feldspathized, and pyritic (3-5%). The Canamax Res. drill logs describe syenitic dikes to (often) be intimat. assoc. with this alter. and that dike mater. may be itself both altered and unaltered. Where unaltered, syenitic dike mat. may have assoc. with it alter. halos which may be up to several metres wide. The alter. is descr. to be fracture controlled and to range in appear. from strictly fracture controlled alter. halos to contin. zones of perv. alter. with or without internal unaltered (and chloritic) domains where fracture density is high. Qv may or may not occur in the zones of alter. In add. to fg dissem. py., rare occur. of cp, moly and (visible) native Au are noted. In one case, the pres. of either rt or gt was querried. Hole no. Barn 80-1 yielded a 0.5 foot core length of pyritic and ep bearing basalt which aver. 0.01 ounce of Au per ton. aurif. pyritic qv, a grab sample of which aver. 0.145 ounce of Au per ton, and a 2.5 m wide east striking shear which was traced for 200 m and which yielded grab samples averaging 0.02 ounce of Au per ton. Trench samples are rpted to have aver. as much as 0.54, 0.11, and 0.67 ounce of Au per ton across widths of 9.2 feet, 16.4 feet, and 12.3 feet, resp. Vis. Au hosted by silicic and pyritic rxs.

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The Canamax Resources drill logs describe syenitic dikes to (often) be intimately associated with this alteration and that dike material may be itself both altered and unaltered. Where unaltered, syenitic dike material may have associated with it alteration halos which may be up to several metres wide. The alteration is described (assessment files) to be fracture controlled and to range in appearance from strictly fracture controlled alteration halos to continuous zones of pervasive alteration with or without internal unaltered (and chloritic) domains where fracture density is high. Quartz veins may or may not occur in the zones of alteration. In addition to fine grained disseminated pyrite, rare occurrences of chalcopyrite, molybdenite and (visible) native gold are noted. In one case, the presence of either rutile or garnet was querried.

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: Jun 07, 1999

Geologist: D Guidon

Notes: N/A

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-2012

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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.