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| Record Name(s) | Birch Property - 1934, Erie Canadian Mines Ltd. - 1934, No. 4 Vein - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Hislop
Latitude: 48° 27' 35.28" Longitude: -80° 23' 5.71"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 545473 Northing: 5367590 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08NW
Point Location Description: trench
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: A point 0.73 km north and 2.69 km east of the southwest corner of Hislop Township.
1934- 1935: Erie Canadian Mines Ltd. optioned the Birch lot; prospecting, trenching.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Apr 18, 2016 (C Salo) - Geological mapping indicates that bedrock in the occurrence area consists mainly of sparsely exposed weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies except marginal to large felsic intrusive bodies, where amphibolite facies contact metamorphic aureoles may be developed) subaqueously deposited tholeiitic volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group which strike northeast, dip steeply, face south, and occupy part of the north limb of the east striking and east plunging Blake River Synclinorium. Intrusive rocks near the occurrence include felsic stocks (one of which hosts auriferous material at the Canadian Arrow Mine), felsic dikes, narrow (generally tens of metres in width) generally north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm, and narrow (metre scale) lamprophyre dikes. A recent geophysical survey of Hislop Township failed to detect any significant bedrock conductors in the occurrence area. Baker et al. indicated that most bedrock near the occurrence is mantled by variable thicknesses of Pleistocene age glaciolacustrine deposits.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Tholeiitic | Near |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Feldspar | Intrudes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 18, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays from the Erie Canadian Mines property returned erratic gold values ranging from $0.40 to $72.40 Au.
Apr 18, 2016 (C Salo) - Channel sampling by Erie Canadian Mines of narrow (generally ranging from 2 to 6 feet in width) north striking massive milky white quartz veins hosted by tholeiitic basalt near north striking diabase dikes of the Matachewan swarm immediately north of an syenite intrusive contact is reported to have yielded assays as high as 0.66 ounce of gold per ton. The anomalous gold mineralization was described (assessment files) to be ...too erratic and too local to warrant additional work... in an Erie Canadian Mines report by G.L. Holbrook dated January 15, 1935 (assessment files). The veins are reported to occupy north striking fracture systems and faults and are reported to be mineralized with fine to coarse grained pyrite and accessory amounts of galena, sphalerite, and magnetite. Anomalous gold tenors are reported to be associated with fine grained pyrite. Descriptions of quartz vein associated gold mineralization at the Birch occurrence are similar to descriptions of the Vimy Gold Mines Ltd. A zone, which is northeast striking, steeply northwest dipping, and spatially associated with a northeast striking Matachewan diabase dike. At the Vimy Gold Mine, the highest gold tenors are associated with disseminated pyrite within carbonate alteration halos which are developed marginal to quartz stringers and pervasive silicification where hosted by basalt, syenitic dike material, and lamprophyre dike material.
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Article - Geological investigations of the Destor-Porcupine deformation zone east of Matheson
Publication Number: MP146.023 Page: 136-143 Date: 1997
Author: Troop D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist file KL-0227
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Author:
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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:
MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR6091 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Hislop Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF404 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Ramore area, northwestern part, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2860 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Jensen L.S.
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:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1649-1652 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP136.294 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
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
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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:
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
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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:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Hislop Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80595 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Ramore area
Publication Number: ARV45-06.001 Page: 31-32 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Ramore area, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM45D Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Hislop Township
Publication Number: ARV65-05 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Township of Hislop, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1955-05 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K., Cook D.R., Hogg N.
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
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border
Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hislop Township Area
Publication Number: M2527 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2000
Author: Berger B.R.
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
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