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MDI42A08NW00143
| Record Name(s) | Durham Farm Option- North - 1945, Wright-Hargreaves Mines Ltd. - 1945, Hollinger Consolidated - 1942, Pancontinental Mining (Canada) Ltd. - 1980, Chevron Minerals Ltd. - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum
Township or Area: Hislop
Latitude: 48° 30' 10.55" Longitude: -80° 19' 47.96"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 549492 Northing: 5372418 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08NW
Point Location Description: cluster of drill hole collars
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Point Located: A point 5.23 km north and 3.96 km west of the southeast corner of Hislop Township. The anomalous gold tenors which constitute the Durham occurrence were encountered via diamond drilling during 1945 on what was then the Durham farm, the south half of lot 5, concession IV, Hislop Township. Access to the area is via all weather lot and concession roads.
Pre- 1945: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd.-DD-2 diamond drilled at least 2 holes on the Durham farm. 1945-46: Wright-Hargreaves Mines Ltd.- DD-3-3051 ft. 1980: Pancontinental Mining (Canada) Limited - basal till survey, magnetometer and IP surveys, DD-14-4347 ft. 1988-89: Chevron Minerals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, outcrop stripping and mapping, magnetometer survey, VLF and IP surveying.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 69.3930/OM9-PE7-C-80 | 42A08NW0062 | 42A08NW0062 |
| 63.5324 | 42A09SW0255 | 42A09SW0255 |
| 63.4999 | 42A08NW0040 | 42A08NW0040 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Apr 18, 2016 (C Salo) - Geological mapping indicates that the occurrence area is largely glacial drift covered. Bedrock is only very rarely exposed and consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies, except marginal to felsic intrusive bodies, where contact metamorphic aureoles of amphibolite grade may be developed) and variably altered volcanic and interflow sedimentary rocks. Intrusive rocks in the area include felsic bodies (including syenite), generally north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic according to Heaman 1989) Matachewan swarm, and lamprophyre dikes. Jensen interpreted the supracrustal rocks near the occurrence to belong to the (Archean) Kinojevis Group, but proximity of the occurrence to the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone makes it likely that the basement country rock here is instead part of a lithologically and structurally complex rock suite which has been termed the Porcupine-Destor Complex by Jensen and Langford.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite Stringers | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Andesite | Near | |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 4 | Siliceous | Near | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 5 | Rhyolite | Near | |
| Syenite | 6 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Specularite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Epidote | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Silica | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 8 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 9 | Feldspar | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Weak | Stockwork | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 2 | Unknown | Stockwork |
Apr 18, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays from the Paracontinental drilling returned values of: 0.135 oz/t Au over 3.14 m; 0.56 oz/t Au over 8.17 m.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Diamond drilling by Wright-Hargreaves Mines is reported (exploration files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake) to have yielded anomalously elevated gold tenors ranging from 0.02 to 0.09 ounce of gold per ton from core lengths ranging from 0.4 to 8.0 feet which are associated with quartz stringer and associated pyrite and/or chalcopyrite mineralization, calcite stringer and associated pyrite and chalcopyrite mineralization, and pyritic feldspathic material near a porphyry/greenstone contact. Country rocks in the area include andesite, rhyolite, porphyry, siliceous porphyry, and syenite. The Durham occurrence is approximately along strike from and is likely spatially associated with the same south southeast striking structure with which the Gunnar and Creek Zone deposits are associated (several hundred metres south southeast of the Durham occurrence).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0738, KL-1168, KL-2179
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1685-1689 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:
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:
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:
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