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| Record Name(s) | Scotvold-Nelson Occurrence - 1921, O. Hicks DDH 1992-4 - 1992, Wolf Lake Property - 2007, Villeneuve Resources Ltd. - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Feb-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Benoit
Latitude: 48° 17' 17.09" Longitude: -80° 11' 57"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 559405 Northing: 5348630 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Pit is located on a side road 400 m southeast of the road through Bourkes and 3.8 km east of Hwy 11.
Pre1921: Scotvold - $3/ton gold ($20/ounce gold) from a north-trending pyritic lamprophyre dike. 1988: Villneuve Resources Ltd. - Ground VLF-EM and total field magnetic surveys; DD-10-5351 ft. 1990: D. and R. Rochon.; pitting, sampling, assays. 1992: O. Hicks - DD-1-173 m, assays. 2007-08: Northern Gold Mining Inc. - IP survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| OP92-341 | 42A08SE0025 | 42A08SE0025 |
| W9380.00292 (duplicate) | 42A08SE0006 | 42A08SE0006 |
| 2.35642 | 20000002321 | 20000002321 |
| 18 | 42A08SE0081 | 42A08SE0081 |
| 2.11241 | 42A08SE0079 | 42A08SE0079 |
| 2.35497 | 20000002273 | 20000002273 |
| 2.37372 | 20000002724 | 20000002724 |
| KL-2785, 63.5849, 42A08SE0505 | 20000005019 | 20000005019 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The property is underlain by mafic metavolcanic rocks of the Kinojevis assemblage of the Western Abitibi subprovince, part of the Superior Province. The rocks of the Blake River assemblage lie to the northeast and the contact between them is northwest trending about 3 km away. The bedrock is covered by clays of the northern Abitibi clay plain.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Tholeiitic | Pillowed | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The pit is located in foliated tholeiitic mafic volcanic rocks. The foliation is 160-90.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The mafic volcanic rocks found in the pit contain about 1% disseminated pyrite. The mineralization reported in the lamprophyre rocks were not found.
May 26, 2016 (A Wilson) - An assay value of 0.15 oz./t Au was reported from a zone of pyrite mineralization in a lamprophyre dike. Assays from O. Hicks drill hole returned low gold values. The best assay was 0.016 oz./t Au over 18 cm.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Arsenic | Unknown | 8.74 | ppm | |||
| Barite | Unknown | 35 | ppm | |||
| Barium | Unknown | 35 | ppm | |||
| Bismuth | Unknown | .03 | ppm | |||
| Chromium | Unknown | 49 | ppm | |||
| Copper | Unknown | 83.5 | ppm | |||
| Gold | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Lead | Unknown | 3.71 | ppm | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Nickel | Unknown | 54.1 | ppm | |||
| Palladium | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Platinum | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Silver | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Tin | Unknown | BDL | ||||
| Tungsten | Unknown | .86 | ppm | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | 143 | ppm |
Date: Dec 17, 2003
Geologist: D Guidon
Notes: Property visited August 12, 1999 . A pit about 10' x 5' x 3' deep was found. The old road is west of the new road. The long direction of the pit is about 290 degrees. Shearing in the pit is 160-90. Sample: 99317 - tholeiitic mafic volcanic.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-3272, KL-3381
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Author:
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Benoit and Maisonville townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2215 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Black River area
Publication Number: ARV30-06.002 Page: 56 Date: 1998
Author: Wright D.G.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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 - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R092 Page: 20 Date: 1971
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Black River area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARM30C Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Wright D.G.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 17 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0097 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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