Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Black Creek - 1986, Mitchell - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1986-Feb-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Black
Latitude: 48° 18' 57.89" Longitude: -80° 18' 6.69"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 551759.186 Northing: 5351667.646 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A08SW
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1936 - Claims owned by Mitchell. Stripping and trenching. Lake Shore Gold Mines collected fourteen grab samples that averaged 0.14 opt Au. 1940 - This ground or ground in the immediate vicinity was held by Bedard. 1946 - 16 diamond drill holes totalling 1731 feet were drilled by Black Creek Gold Mines Limited. Averaged 0.086 opt Au over and average of 8 feet in 9 holes along a 225 foot strike length. 1979-1983 - Bronson Mines Ltd. optioned the claims from D. McKinnon. Bronson changed its name to Goliath Mines Ltd. About 19 holes were drilled on the property. 1995 - Regal Goldfields Limited diamond drilled 3 holes totalling 998 feet about 400 feet southwest of the prospect. 1996: Gold Coral Resources completes five diamond drill holes totaling 659 meters over the East Errett Lake Zone. 1997: Gold Coral drills three holes north of Errett Lake on the ¿Bochawna Zone¿. 1999: M. Leahy and A. Black performed an Induced Polarization survey over the Black Creek area southeast of Errett Lake and drilled one hole. The single drill hole encountered anomalous gold values. 2004: A stripping program was performed on the Black Creek property. The targets selected for stripping were 3 I.P. conductors defined in the 1999 Val D¿Or Sagax survey as well as one old pit on a shear zone west of the Regal Goldfields stripping centered on BL+00. The conductors were stripped south and west of the 1989 Regal Goldfields stripping program. Four trenches were excavated using a John Deere 792 excavator. 2006: M. Leahy conducts a stripping and sampling program. 2006 A diamond drilling program was conducted on the Black Creek property by Merc International Minerals Inc consisted of three holes, each with a length of 149 m (488¿), for a total of 447m (1,464¿).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL-5800, 2.35232 | 20000002489 | 20000002489 |
| KL-1828, 20 | 42A08SW0053 | 42A08SW0053 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 1 | Shear Zone | Contains |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Silica | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0238, KL-0447, KL-1586, KL-1903, KL-2535, KL-3575, KL-3584
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Tolstoi and Black townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2213 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R092 Page: 21 Date: 1971
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 17 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0102 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #273
Publication Number: PV 273 Date: 1996
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #274
Publication Number: PV 274 Date: 1996
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report KL #319
Publication Number: PV 319 Date: 1996
Author: Lovell, H.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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