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| Record Name(s) | Golden Arrow - East - 1935, Canadian Arrow - 1936, Consolidated Golden Arrow Mines Ltd. - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Township or Area: Hislop
Latitude: 48° 27' 21.77" Longitude: -80° 24' 17.06"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 544011 Northing: 5367161 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08NW
Point Location Description: open pit in Lot 12, Con 1.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: West along Robin Road, about 3.5 km on Hwy 11 northwest of the village of Ramore. The gate for the Golden Arrow property is about 3.5 km west of Hwy 11. The pit ramp is about 1 km to the northeast.
1934: Golden Arrow Mining Co.: 1,100' of trenching; DD-1385 ft. of short hole diamond drilling; 1935-1936:Golden Arrow Mining and Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd.: trenching, sampling, DD-800 ft.; 2 compartment shaft (No. 1 shaft) sunk to 48 ft; headframe erected 1945-47: Golden Arrow Mines Ltd. - DD-61>14,906 ft., sank a vertical 3 compartment shaft 281 ft (No. 2 shaft); 356 ft of drifting; 298 ft crosscutting on this level; No.2 shaft deepened to 148 ft. to 429 ft. level and second level was established at 400 ft.; 1272 ft of drifting and 371ft. of cross-cutting completed; DD-58-3675 ft. 1974: Pamour Porcupine Mines Ltd.- agreed to complete a feasibility study consisting in part of milling a 21,000 ton bulk sample. 1976: Canadian Arrow Mines - DD. 1980-82: Pamour Porcupine Mines Ltd.- acquired the 20 year property lease for six claims, constructed a surface plant, and completed pre-production stripping and development of a 500 ton per day open pit. 1981: 156,202 tons of ore were trucked to the Pamour No.1 mill; this included 13,828 tons of previously stockpiled ore. 1982: 80,100 tons of ore were trucked and 4,075 ounces of gold were recovered for an average recovery grade of 0.051 ounce of gold per ton. Operations were suspended in May, and the pit has been flooding since (The Northern Miner, April 28, 1983) 1985: It was speculated (The Northern Miner, August 8, 1985) that the property might be profitable at a prevailing gold price of $(US)400 per ounce. 1988: Pamour Inc. sold its 46.4% interest in Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd. to First Toronto Capital (The Northern Miner, June 20, 1988). 1996: Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd.: DD-1-150 m to test an IP anomaly about 600 m west of the open pit. Best assays were 2049 ppb Au over 0.16 m and 2411 ppb Au over 0.38 m in trondjhemite. 1997: Inca Mining Corp.- IP, magnetometer, mapping, stripping, sampling, DD-15-2158 m. 2010: Victoria Gold Mines East Timmins Ltd.- obtained permitting and filed a closure plan to extract a bulk sample up to 100 000 t. They started to dewater the pit; project ceased. 2010-2012: Property was optioned to Murgor Resources Inc. Completed 57 diamond drill holes totalling 16 501 m, geophysics, mechanical stripping and sampling and geological mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0975/63.3096 | 42A08NW8814 | 42A08NW8814 |
| 2.17629 | 42A08NW0024 | 42A08NW0024 |
| KL-0975/63.3315 | 42A08NW0079 | 42A08NW0079 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River
Geological Age: Archean
Apr 07, 2016 (D Guidon) - from Bath (OFR5735) Geological mapping indicates that the mine area is largely glacial drift covered and is underlain mainly by weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies except marginal to intrusive felsic bodies, where contact metamorphic aureoles of amphibolite grade may be developed) tholeiitic basalt and interflow sedimentary deposits of the (Archean) Kinojevis Group which strike east northeast, dip steeply south, face south, and occupy part of the north limb of the east striking and east plunging Blake River Synclinorium. Intrusive rocks in the area include a small felsic trondhjemite stock (with which most of the known gold mineralization is associated), narrow (tens of metres in width) north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm and narrow (metres in width) lamprophyre dikes. The area was glaciated and is now mantled by variable and often complex thicknesses of glaciofluvial deposits.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Granite, Granodiorite | Brecciated, Silicified | Contains |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Massive, Pillowed | Near | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Breccia Filling | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 07, 2016 (D Guidon) - from Bath (OFR5735) Bedrock near the open pit consists of uniformly east northeast striking and steeply south dipping massive and pillowed mafic tholeiitic volcanic rocks and volumetrically minor intercalated interflow tuffaceous and chemical sedimentary rocks which have been intruded by a small (about 900 m in diameter) felsic stock of trondhjemitic composition. This felsic stock contains as much as 80% of modal albite, perhaps of sea floor metamorphic (spilitic) origin. Known gold mineralization occurs in two zones. Western zone mineralization consists of quartz stringers hosted by variably recrystallized tholeiitic basalt and tuff marginal to the intrusive stock, and was the focus of early exploration efforts. Eastern zone mineralization consists of gold associated with pyrite developed marginal to quartz- carbonate vein stockworks in distinctively brick potassiumfeldspar- hematite(?) altered trondhjemite near the stock margin. Eastern Zone mineralization occurs about 460 m east of the Western Zone (No.1)shaft and was the focus of open pit mining operations by Pamour Porcupine Mines Ltd.The open pit is developed within miarolitic cavity bearing variably sericitized and locally porphyritic felsic trondhjemite adjacent to the stock's northeastern contact.
Date: Sep 20, 2012
Geologist: D Guidon
Notes: Property visited September 20, 2012 with David Larche (Victoria Gold) Olivier Nadeau and Michel Jebrak (University of Quebec Montreal) Key Word in Description Photo Number Year Township Description UTM Zone Easting Northing 731888 2012 Hislop Golden Arrow - dump rock - intrusive showing fracture and fall back breccia in vein 17 544170 5367036 731889 2012 Hislop Golden Arrow - dump rock - intrusive showing fracture and fall back breccia in vein 17 544170 5367036 731890 2012 Hislop Golden Arrow - dump rock - mafics showing fracture and fall back breccia in vein 17 544170 5367036 731891 2012 Hislop Golden Arrow - dump rock -alteration of mafics and veining 17 544170 5367036 731892 2012 Hislop Golden Arrow - panorama of pit looking southwest 17 544122 5367207 731893 2012 Hislop Golden Arrow - veining in syenite northeast of pit 17 544156 5367334 731894 2012 Hislop Golden Arrow - volcanic intrusive contact from inside pit 17 544007 5367236 Sample Number 12DLG009A 12DLG009B NAME Golden Arrow Golden Arrow TOWNSHIP Hislop Hislop NAD 83 83 UTM Zone 17 17 UTM East 522526 522526 UTM North 5313676 5313676 PROPERTY Golden Arrow Golden Arrow MDI Number MDI42A08NW00123 MDI42A08NW00123 ANALYSES grab;whole rock;Au grab;whole rock;Au DESCRIPT veining
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Consolidated Golden Arrow Mines, Limited | 1980 | Unclassified | 492601 | OFR5735, p. 972 | Gold 0.66 oz/T |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1983 | 275284 |
Gold 17045 Ounces |
Lavigne, J. 2011 | Total production for years 1974-76,80-83: grade grade 0.06 oz/t Au |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1868, KL-2816, KL-2876
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Ramore area
Publication Number: ARV45-06.001 Page: 32-33 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Hislop Township
Publication Number: ARV65-05 Page: 35-37 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Hislop Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF404 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 73-74 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0070 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 969-981 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit KL #080
Publication Number: PV-80 Date: 1901
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Book - Technical Report on the Golden Arrow Property, Ontario
Publication Number: NI43-101 Report Date: 2011
Author: Lavigne, J.
Publisher Name:
Location: SEDAR
MonoMap - Sampling Lamprophyre Dikes for Diamonds: Discover Abitibi Initiative
Publication Number: OFR6170 Date: 2005
Author: Grabowski G.P.B., Wilson A.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:
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:
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: M2676 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R., Luinstra B., Ropchan J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
Location:
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