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| Record Name(s) | St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd., Hislop Mine - 1999, Goldpost Resources Inc. - 1987, New Kelore Mines Ltd. - 1953, Kelore Gold Mines Ltd. - 1948, Kelwren Gold Mines Ltd. - 1945, Kelrowe Gold Mines Ltd. - 1938, Vin Dur Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - 1937, Vincent Claims - 1936, Torovic Gold Mines Ltd. - 1938 |
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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-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum
Township or Area: Hislop
Latitude: 48° 29' 40.6" Longitude: -80° 18' 1.3"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 551689 Northing: 5371513 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08NW
Point Location Description: open pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Located on the Hislop Mine Project, St. Andrew's Goldfields. Access is gained by travelling 3.5km north of Holtyre on Hwy 572 then heading 900m west to the site.
1934-36: Vincent Claims – pit excavated, trenching and open cuts. 1934-36: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. –stripping of overburden and DD-45-13,000. 1946-47: Kelwren Gold Mines – DD-43-21,881 ft.1939-40: Kelrowe Gold Mines Ltd. – shaft sinking, development on three levels. 1946-47: Kelwren Gold Mines Limited – DD34-18,483 ft.; shaft deepened. 1948-49: Kelore Gold Mines Limited – underground development work; DD 1986-87: Goldpost Resources Inc. – ground geophysics, DD-7-1468m. 1999-2000: St. Andrew Goldfields Limited – open pit in operation
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL-1009/63.5155/OM87-6-C-027 | 42A09SW0256 | 42A09SW0256 |
| KL-1009/63.5321/OM88-6-C-135 | 42A08NW0035 | 42A08NW0035 |
| KL-1009/63.5200/OM86-6-P-181 | 42A08NW0007 | 42A08NW0007 |
| KL-1357/63.4214 | 42A08NW0055 | 42A08NW0055 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesitic To Dacitic | Sheared | Contains |
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| Conglomerate | 3 | Conglomerate | Adjacent | |
| Syenite | 4 | Biotite | Intrudes | |
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 5 | Intrudes |
Apr 14, 2016 (A Wilson) - The pit geology consists of a central, coarse-grained mauve to red, east-striking syenite dike separating variolitic basaltic rocks to the north from ultramafic and mafic metavolcanic rocks to the south.Pegmatitic lamprophyre and hornblendite occurs sporadically along the south contact of the syenite and was mistakenly included with the metavolcanic rocks by previous workers. Gold is hosted in pyritic mafic and ultramafic metavolcanic rocks along the south side of the syenite and is rarely present in the intrusion. Localized, but intense, carbonatization, sericitization and hematization accompany the mineralization. The syenite dike is petrographically and chemically similar to the Iris syenite stock, in Harker Township, which hosts gold mineralization. The dike also displays similar geochemistry to another albitite dike associated with gold mineralization in northwest Harker Township.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 8 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 14, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays from drilling on the East Ore Zone in 1945 ranged from $4.95 Au over 14.7 ft. to $14.17 Au over 9.7 ft. Assays from drilling on the Shaft Zone in 1945 ranged from $6.42 over 15 ft. to $36.85 over 30.00 ft. Assays from the West Ore Zone range from $3.74 Au over 16.5 ft. to $21.38 Au over 15.2 ft. The open pit was situated between the Arrow fault and a southwest-striking splay fault. Rocks display a penetrative southeast-striking, south-dipping penetrative foliation that is overprinted by northeaststriking brittle.ductile faults and associated foliation. Apparent left lateral displacement along the northeast-striking faults offset all rock units in the area of the pit. Southeast-striking ore zones are also offset by the faults, however, there are ore zones aligned parallel to the northeast faults suggesting that gold mineralization occurred both before and after development of the faults. It appears the combination of alkalic magmatism accompanied by clockwise rotation between the Arrow and splay faults accounts for the geometry and localization of gold in this area.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1999 | 2082219 |
Gold 117647 Grams |
total production 1999 to 2014. Total gold production 128635 oz; average grade 0.062 oz./t |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1975, KL-2787
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Author:
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Geology and ore deposits of the Ramore area
Publication Number: ARV45-06.001 Page: 24-27 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Hislop Township
Publication Number: ARV65-05 Page: 45-47 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 75 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0063 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Property Visit KL082
Publication Number: PV-82 Date: 1901
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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 - 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
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:
MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR6091 Page: 74-76 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2000, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts
Publication Number: OFR6051 Page: 5 Date: 2001
Author: Meyer G., Cosec M., Grabowski G.P.B., Guindon D.L., Hailstone M.H., Stephenson C.D., Wallace L.M., Debicki R.L., Yule G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1999, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake-Sudbury Districts
Publication Number: OFR6007 Page: 4 Date: 2000
Author: Meyer G., Cosec M., Grabowski G.P.B., Guindon D.L., Chaloux E.C., Charette M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1060-1068 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
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:
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