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Record: MDI42A08SE00108

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Chamandy-South - 1948, Mokta Canada Ltd. Property - 1967, Bemok Ltd. DDH LON-W-67-1 - 1967
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-03
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Benoit

Latitude: 48° 20' 25.44"    Longitude: -80° 14' 51.13"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 555760   Northing: 5354409    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08SE

Point Location Description: Pits, trenches

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Proceed on highway 11 to 800m south of Butler Lake Truck Stop. Take Benoit Concession 4-5 sideroad east for 300m to the gas pipeline. Turn north on pipeline service road for 700m to the top of the hill then travel 250m east on foot to the pit.



Exploration History

1967-68: Mokta Canada Limited – ground magnetometer, IP surveys, EM survey; DD-1-155 ft. 1971-73: E. Bruno – stripping, trenching


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-1907/63.2315 42A08SE0118 42A08SE0118
63.2315 42A08SE0118 42A08SE0118

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate massive flow 1 Andesite, Rhyodacite Massive Contains
Vein 2 Quartz Carbonate Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CarbonateEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

May 26, 2016 (A Wilson) - Samples collected by H. Lovell in 1978 returned assays ranging from nil to 1.06 oz./t Au. Copper values returned from DDH LON-W-67-1 ranged from 0.02% over 2.5 ft. to 0.87% Cu over 2.5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-0296, KL-0478, KL-2940

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


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:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 375  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Black River area

Publication Number: ARV30-06.002 Date: 1998

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 - 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 - 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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