Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Dobos Gold Syndicate - 1940, Raven Resources Inc. - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Melba
Latitude: 48° 17' 31.3" Longitude: -80° 5' 56.48"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 566828.32 Northing: 5349150.94 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SE
Point Location Description: Stripped area
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Goodfish (Airport) Road, leads north from Kirkland Lake to High Falls on the Black River. About one mile north of the Melba Creek bridge, a winter road leads west to the property. Goodfish road is driveable by pickup in the dry season; but the winter road is only passable by ATV.
1940: Dobos Syndicate – pitting, trenching. Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. – sampling, assays. 1984-1990: Raven Resources Inc. – magnetic and VLF-EM surveys completed; DD-1-665 ft., assays. 1988: Nordex Explosives Ltd.-airborne magnetics and VLF-EM. 1989-1996: Raven Resources Inc. – stripping, sampling, DD-1, mapping, ground magnetometer, VLF-EM survey, IP survey. 2006 - 2011: Raven Resources Inc. – MMI geochemical survey, ground magnetometer survey, whole rock analysis
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.11558 | 42A08SE0019 | 42A08SE0019 |
| 22 | 42A08SE0023 | 42A08SE0023 |
| 2.32556 | 20000001417 | 20000001417 |
| 2.49250 | 20000006797 | 20000006797 |
| 2.13655 | 42A08SE0014 | 42A08SE0014 |
| 2.16172 | 42A08SE0075 | 42A08SE0075 |
| KL-4262/2.18040 | 42A08SE2001 | 42A08SE2001 |
| KL-1597/2.6792 | 42A08SE0030 | 42A08SE0030 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Diabase | 1 | Quartz Diabase | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabbro | 2 | Quartz | Sheared | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Silica | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Epidote | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue |
May 27, 2016 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from the quartz veins returned assays ranging from 0.40 dwts to 7.00 dwts. Assays as high as 0.046 oz./ton Au across 5' were recorded in a zone 88' wide that averaged 0.016 oz./ton Au. Assays from the Raven Resources drill hole returned values ranging from 0.002 oz/t Au over 0.5 ft. to 0.046 oz./t Au over 5 feet. Samples collected by Melba Gold Ltd. ranged from 0.022 oz./t Au to 0.19 oz./t Au. Copper values ran up to 1%.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report #321
Publication Number: PV 321 Date: 1999
Author:
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0675, KL-2344
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of Melba and Bisley townships, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R103 Date: 1972
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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 series, Precambrian geology, Ramore area, southeastern part, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P3053 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Core - Drill Core Library KL2188
Publication Number: DCL-2188 Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP
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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