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| Record Name(s) | Melba Gold Mines Ltd. - 1936, Teck-Hughes Gold Mines Ltd. - 1939, Pitchvein Mines Ltd. - 1959, Blue Vein - 1934, Melba Prospect - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1979-Jul-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Melba
Latitude: 48° 20' 2.72" Longitude: -80° 7' 16.95"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 565117 Northing: 5353807 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SE
Point Location Description: Shaft on claim L40670
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed from Bourkes Corner on highway 11 south of Ramore and travel 4.7km east on Benoit Township Concession I-II Road. At the corner, go 1.5km north on lot 4-5 line road to concession II-III road. Travel east 2.7km to bailey bridge on Little Black River. The bridge is passable only by ATV as there are planks missing. At 150m east of the bridge, turn north along the Benoit-Melba boundary to proceed 2km to the Black River. Proceed 25m across the river. Follow an old road 2km to Melba Gold Mine site.
1934: gold discovered. 1936: Melba Gold Mines Limited – surface sampling, trenching, DD-20-4371 ft diamond drilling, 246 ft. deep inclined shaft excavated; 900 ft. of lateral work. 1939: Teck-Hughes Gold Mines Limited – property optioned, mapping and sampling; 4 ton bulk sample taken over 60 ft..1954-1957: E. Kittleson – DD-9-871.5 ft., assays 1960: D.F. Hurd – DD-2-326 ft., assays. 1959-1964: Pitchvein Mines Limited – company bulldozed part of the outcrop, dewatered the shaft, mapped the outcrop and underground workings; resampling; DD-28-3476.1 ft,.surface and underground diamond drilling was completed by Pitchvein Mines. 1977: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Limited – ground magnetometer and VLF-EM survey. 1981: Silverpack Resources Limited – property acquisition.1987: Canreos Minerals (1980) Ltd. - airborne magnetic, VLF-EM survey. 1988: Melba Gold Limited – airborne magnetic and VLF-EM survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.10775 | 42A08SE0020 | 42A08SE0020 |
| 2.11558 | 42A08SE0019 | 42A08SE0019 |
| 2.2600 | 42A08SE0041 | 42A08SE0041 |
| 20 | 42A08SE0046 | 42A08SE0046 |
| 63.3873 | 42A08SE0034 | 42A08SE0034 |
| KL-1447/ 12 | 42A08SE0057 | 42A08SE0057 |
| KL-1838/ 63.3897 | 42A08SE0049 | 42A08SE0049 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Diorite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate flow breccia | 2 | Andesite-Dacite | Brecciated | Contains |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Argillite, Chert, Greywacke | Brecciated | Contains |
| Vein | 4 | Quartz; Quartz Carbonate | Host |
May 30, 2016 (A Wilson) - Four gold-bearing quartz-calcite veins were prospected and trenched on the property. These include the Rolling Vein, Mike Vein, Blue Vein and the Contact Vein. Of the veins, the Blue Vein is the most important and upon which the underground work was completed. A small wedge of metavolcanics has been faulted into an area of metasediments. The rocks are intruded by a monzonite dike and several hornblende diorite dikes. The Blue Vein occurs in greywacke and runs parallel to the faulted contact between the andesite and greywacke
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
May 30, 2016 (A Wilson) - The Blue Vein was traced for 600 ft; with the best gold showings on the east 180 feet. All 20 diamond drill holes intersected the Blue Vein with visible gold reported in 10 of the firsts 18 holes. DDH No. 18 intersected a second vein north of the Blue Vein that ran 0.293 oz/t Au over 22 inches. In underground work on the blue Vein, 200 ft. was reported to have 0.371 oz/t gold over 3 feet. The face sampling ran up to 0.385 oz/t gold over 40 inches for 169 ft. In 1939, sampling by the Teck-Hughes Mines Limited returned an assay of 0.327 oz/t Au over 4.5 ft and the bulk sample returned 0.210 oz/t Au over 4.5 ft Sampling of drill holes by Pitchvein Mines Limited returned values ranging from $6.55 Au over 1.5 ft. (DDH 8).; $122.80 Au over 1.5 ft (DDH18) and $16.40 Au over 2.5 ft. Samples from the back, returned assays as high as $103.00 over 1.6 ft. Silver values in DDH S 62-1 returned values up to 0.22 oz/t Ag. Sampling by Pitchvein Mines Limited in 1960 returned assays from the Blue Vein as high as 0.471 oz/t Au over 3.2 ft. for 170 ft. The Breccia Vein returned 0.658 oz/t Au over 3.1 ft., uncut grade. Gold values from the 1960 drilling by Pitch Vein Mines Ltd. returned values of 1.11 oz/t Au over 2.4 ft.; most of the drill holes returned visible gold
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2116
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of Melba and Bisley townships, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R103 Page: 19-22 Date: 1972
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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: 14-15 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: G0094 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #384
Publication Number: PV 384 Date: 1901
Author: H.L. Lovell
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1936
Publication Number: ARV46-01.003 Page: 180 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Tower W.O., Bayne A.S., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Seventieth annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines, volume 70, mining operations in 1960, statistical review of the mining industry for 1960
Publication Number: ARV70 Page: 55-56 Date: 1998
Author: Kelly T.J., Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Melba and Bisley townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2252 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1972
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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:
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