Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Axel Sword Property - 1971, Webb Property - 1921 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Benoit, Benoit
Latitude: 48° 17' 28.33" Longitude: -80° 13' 2.54"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 558051 Northing: 5348963 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Proceed from Bourkes Corner on Hwy 11 south of Ramore and drive east through Bourkes, crossing the ONR tracks. At 2.7km, a small pole line leads south from Bourkes Road. At 100m south of the road, pit is on the east side of the pole line, immediately south of the trench.
1921: Webb – pitting, 1990: D. and R. Rochon – prospecting, trenching, sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.5849/OP90-267/OP90-268 / 42A08SE0505 | 20000005019 | 20000005019 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate pillowed flow | 1 | Andesite | Pillowed; Flow Breccia | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Pillowed; Flow Breccia | Contains |
| Syenite | 3 | Contains | ||
| Vein | 4 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
May 27, 2016 (A Wilson) - Gold was found in flat-lying veins, just north of the road allowance in 1921.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Part - Black River area
Publication Number: ARV30-06.002 Page: 59 Date: 1998
Author: Wright D.G.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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:
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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