Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | O. Carlson Property - 1946, J. Ketterin - 1983, Claddagh Kirkland Prospect - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Bismuth, Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Benoit
Latitude: 48° 17' 12.03" Longitude: -80° 9' 30.86"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 562418 Northing: 5348506 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed from highway 11 and travel east on Bourkes Road (Benoit Concession I-II Road) for 7km. Continue south 400m to outcrop. Area from road to shaft is mostly cutover. Road is passable by 4x4 to first creek at 6.3km mark. Track used by excavator to clean shaft area is obscured by cutover. Track may lead south from road 250m west of 7km mark.
pre-1940: shaft and lateral development of unspecified dimensions. 1944: DD-2-700 ft.; 3 x-ray drill holes by Avery. 1999: Trinity Explorations: airborne magnetometer and EM survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.13783 | 42A08SE0068 | 42A08SE0068 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesite | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Stockworks, Brecciated | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Bismuth | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
May 27, 2016 (A Wilson) - Fine native gold in the quartz-carbonate stockworks returned assays of $8.05 to $18.20 gold. An x-ray hole drilled to intersect the zone below the highest grade pit returned 2.2 feet assaying $10.00.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2975
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R092 Page: 16 Date: 1971
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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
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Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0095 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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
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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
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