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| Record Name(s) | Skognski Claims - 1917, Skjonsby-Klanderland Property - 1921, Onakee Mining Co. Ltd. - 1962, D.G. Keefe - 1962 |
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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
Township or Area: Benoit
Latitude: 48° 17' 22.52" Longitude: -80° 9' 56.55"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 561885 Northing: 5348824 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed from highway 11 and travel east on Bourkes Road 6.8 km, past 2 creeks (too wet for truck). Travel south 350m through cutover area to north side of outcrop. Creek At 6.3 km mark is as far as a 4x4 truck can go due to black muck.
1917: Skognski Claims – pitting, sampling. 1921: Skjonsbye-Klanderland Property – sampling from waste dump surrounding a 14 foot shaft. 1962: Onakee Mining Co. Ltd – trenching.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Tholeiitic | Pillowed And Massive | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
May 25, 2016 (A Wilson) - A few assays of $2.00 to $9.00 per ton are reported in sections of quartz veins. D. Wright (OGS) sampled and returned an assay of $21.60 Au per ton. The sample was collected from the dump surrounding a 14-ft shaft. Gold values up to $32.20 were reported by L. Cunningham in 1962.
| 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
Part - Gold-bearing veins in Benoit Township
Publication Number: ARV26.008 Page: 251 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Black River area
Publication Number: ARV30-06.002 Page: 55 Date: 1998
Author: Wright D.G.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R092 Page: 19 Date: 1971
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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