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Record: MDI42A08NW00115

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) W.H. Miller - 1934, Ramore Gold Occurrence - 1934, Ramore Gold Mines Ltd. - 1934, Raymore Gold Property - 2011
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Mar-09
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Playfair

Latitude: 48° 24' 24.62"    Longitude: -80° 21' 48.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 547109   Northing: 5361716    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08NW

Point Location Description: shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Proceed 2.1km west on Concession 4/5 road from Highway 11. Travel 1.7km south on ATV trail and continue 200m west through bush to site.



Exploration History

1934-36: Ramore Gold Mines Ltd. – DD-4; pitting, trenching, shaft construction (shaft to 70 ft.?). 2009: Sedex Mining Corp. – ground magnetometer, VLF-EM surveys. 2011: Ashley Gold Mines Ltd. – VLF-EM survey


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Hornblendite 1 Hornblendite Contains
Syenite 2 Hornblende Intrudes
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 3 Felsic Dikes Near
Vein 4 Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 19, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays reported from a sample of hornblende syenite returned 50 ppb Au, nil Ag, 383 ppm Cu, 165 ppm Pb, 284 ppm Zn, 5 ppm Mo and 3 ppm As.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-1872, KL-2488, KL-2548, KL-2646

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Folio - Playfair Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GDIF344 Date: 1997

Author: Kirkland Lake RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 135  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Ramore area

Publication Number: ARV45-06.001 Page: 36  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:


Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file

Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0084  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

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

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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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