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Record: MDI42A08SE00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bergstrand Showing - 1921, Bergstrom Claim 6850 - 1921, C. Rodham Property - 1995
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-03
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Titanium

Secondary Commodities: Chromium, Copper, Manganese



Location

Township or Area: Benoit

Latitude: 48° 19' 15.43"    Longitude: -80° 15' 17.7"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 555234   Northing: 5352242    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08SE

Point Location Description: Pits

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Proceed from highway 11 at rock cut 2km north of Bourkes Road. Turn west on south edge of outcrop for 100m to first pit.



Exploration History

1920-1921: Bergstrand – prospecting, test pitting Prospecting by Bergstrand returned low gold assays from porphyry dikes and veins. 1984-2002: C. Rodholm - stripping, pitting, sampling and assaying.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-5054/ 2.33849 20000001849 20000001849
KL-3841/W9580-00156 42A08SW0008 42A08SW0008
KL-4207/W9480-00008 42A08SE0115 42A08SE0115
KL-4582/ 2.17652 42A08SW0013 42A08SW0013
KL-5054/ 2.22653 42A08SW2017 42A08SW2017

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Near
Syenite 2 Feldspar Porphyry Host
Vein 3 Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2016 (A Wilson) - Low gold assays have been obtained from the porphyry dikes and some of the veins. Samples collected by C. Rodholm returned Cr values ranging from 256 ppm to 500 ppm; Cu values from 199 ppm to 306 ppm; Mn values ranging from 302 ppm to 600 ppm and Ti values ranging from 0.17 % to 0.23%. A sample collected in 2006 assayed 1000 ppb Au.



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
AntimonyUnknownBDL
ArsenicUnknownBDL
BariteUnknown453ppm
BariumUnknown453ppm
BismuthUnknown.15ppm
ChromiumUnknown217ppm
CopperUnknown115.5ppm
GoldUnknownBDL
LeadUnknown1.29ppm
MolybdenumUnknownBDL
NickelUnknown121.1ppm
PalladiumUnknownBDL
PlatinumUnknownBDL
SilverUnknownBDL
TinUnknownBDL
TungstenUnknown.55ppm
ZincUnknown121ppm

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: Dec 19, 2003

Geologist: D Guidon

Notes: Property visited August 12, 1999 . wandered property tooking for pits. May not have gotten far enought west. Found an old pit. Rocks had some disseminated py and possibly pyrrhotite. Appeared to be mafic tholeiitic volcanics rocks. Did not find coarse grained mafic or feldspar porphyry as expected. Sample 99321



References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-2405, KL-3318, KL-3353

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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: 17  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: 16  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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