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| Record Name(s) | K.J. Erickson Property - 1956 |
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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-Jan-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Silver
Township or Area: Benoit
Latitude: 48° 17' 59.9" Longitude: -80° 11' 32.45"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 559897 Northing: 5349957 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed from Hwy 11 at Bourkes Road, Drive 4.8km east to lot 4-5 road, Continue north for 1km. Pits are 350m west in clearcut, outcrop is low and hard to see.
pre 1958; stripping, pitting. 1958: visit by W. Savage 1981: R. Portelance – DD-5-556 ft., EM survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 13/OM81-6-I-10 | 42A08SE0100 | 42A08SE0100 |
| 63.3988/ OMIP81-6-I-10 | 42A08SE0097 | 42A08SE0097 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate pillowed flow | 1 | Dacite, Rhyodacite, Minor Rhyolite | Pillowed And Massive | Contains |
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| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Pillowed | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
May 26, 2016 (A Wilson) - The carbonate stringers contain erratic, sparsely disseminated chalcopyrite. Gold assays ranged from 0.002 oz./t over 5 ft. to 0.01 oz./t Au over 3 ft. One assay included silver up to 0.05 oz./t over 3 ft. A copper assay was recovered from the base of drill hole 3X3. The assay was 0.33% Cu over 1.5 ft.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0770, KL-2288
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R092 Page: 18-19 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
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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
Location:
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