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Record: MDI42A08SE00115

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) K.E. Skjonsby - 1959, South Farm Prospect - 1920
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Benoit

Latitude: 48° 16' 56.69"    Longitude: -80° 14' 6.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 556747   Northing: 5347973    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08SE

Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is by Highway 11 to the Bourkes Mine Road, a distance of 25 km north of the Kirkland Lake turnoff. The centre of the claims is approximately 1.5 km east along the Bourkes Road. The Skjonsby residence is located on the north portion of the patented claim.



Exploration History

1920: Johnson - test pitting, stripping. 1959: K.E. Skjonsby - DD-5- 695.6 feet, 1985: Lacana Mining - ground EM and magnetometer surveys. 1993: K.E. Skjonsby - DD-6-239.3 m, trenching. 1998-91: K. Skjonsby - DD-6-553.1 ft., assays


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
23 42A08SE0064 42A08SE0064
W9480.00116 42A08SE0031 42A08SE0031
OP93-227 42A08SE0091 42A08SE0091
KL-2530/2.14887 42A08SE8956 42A08SE8956

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Tholeiitic Pillowed And Massive Contains
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

May 26, 2016 (A Wilson) - DDH 91-B-35 in the SW corner of claim L919907 returned an assay of 0.024 oz./t Au over 1 m. The high value was returned from 1 m of fault gouge.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated
2 Vein

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R092 Scale:     Date: 1971

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


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


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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