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General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Beatty

Latitude: 48° 36' 42.67"    Longitude: -80° 22' 13.4"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 546408   Northing: 5384500    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A09SW

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Two shafts, a rotten wooden headframe, and several pits and trenches blasted into bedrock are in the south half of the north half of lot 9, concession VI, Beatty Township. Best access to the old workings and prospect pits is via a gravel road accessible via township lot and concession roads from Highway 101 east of Matheson, as indicated by Satterly and Armstrong (1949).

Exploration History

1915-16: Property known as Mayot or Treadwell Occurrence: 3 vein systems, 32 ft. deep shaft sunk on No. 1 Vein, prospecting. 1923: Lucky Ben Gold Mines Ltd.- property acquired, sampling, dewatering of shaft, shaft deepened to 40 ft.; DD-2-248.5 ft. on north side of shaft. 1972-73: Noranda Mines Ltd.: ground mag., EM, geology surveys; DD-2-1061 ft. 1975-76: Lynco Mining Dev. Inc.: acquire property; erect buildings, wood headframe, pilot mill, and crushing plant; complete surface trenching and blasting; dewater old shaft and deepen to 45 ft level; complete 2 short drifts. A few ounces of gold reported to havebeen removed from hoisted material and blasted material from trenches. 1978: 3 ft channel samples are reported to average 0.03, 0.22, and 0.09 oz Au / ton. 1979-84: Lynco Resources: ground mag., VLF- EM surveys; DD-5-1250.4 ft., mapping, radiometric surveys, underground development; best Au values intersected 0.03 oz. Au / ton over 2 f., and 0.02 oz. Au / ton over 2.9 ft. 1983: D. Lalonde - ground geophysics. 1984: Penn-Lync Resources Ltd.: 1 DDH (318 ft); 1985: Maude Lake Gold Mines Ltd. - DD-4-739 ft., assays. 2005-07: Vedron Gold Inc. - sampling; IP survey. 2004-05: St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. - prospecting, sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure

Geological Age: Mesoarchean  

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist

Geology Comments

Feb 11, 2016 (D Guidon) - Geological mapping indicates that bedrock in the area consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) subaqueously deposited tholeiitic volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group which strike east northeast, dip steeply and face north. Diamond drilling indicates that narrow intercalated horizons of rhyolite and tuffaceous rocks are present and, elsewhere in the area, komatiitic volcanic rocks have been described (assessment files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake). The volcanic stratigraphy occupies part of the south limb of the southeast striking and northwest plunging McCool Hill Syncline, the major regional scale structure north of the Munro Fault Zone (Center Branch of the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone) in the north central BRIM area. A regional scale fault, the Painkiller Lake Fault, occurs several hundred metres northeast of shaft area. Intrusive rocks in the area include small mafic intrusive bodies, felsic dikes, narrow (generally no wider than several tens of metres) north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm, and narrow (generally metres in width) lamprophyre dikes. A northeast striking olivine diabase dike of the (Proterozoic) Abitibi swarm occurs about 900 m southeast of the shaft area. A recent geophysical survey of Beatty Township detected the presence of a single flightline conductor which coincides with the location of the No.2 vein, but this may be due to cultural effects.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Feb 11, 2016 (A Wilson) - The two main veins (Mayot or Treadwell claims) are near the road in claim L2486 in a large outcrop of pillowed and brecciated and strike N58W. The No 1 vein extends in an east-west direction and has been opened up by means of a 32 ft. shaft. The vein consists of a highly quartzose zone which is approximately 4 ft. wide and contains massive arsenopyrite and pyrite, with a little chalcopyrite. The No. 2 vein ranges from 0.5 inches to 3 inches in width over a distance of more than 350 ft. The vein strikes N36ºE and dips steeply at 72ºNW. The quartz vein was mineralized with pyrrhotite and pyrite and had abundant visible gold and tellurides (wehrlite).

Feb 11, 2016 (R Degagne) - Geological mapping indicates that bedrock in the area consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) subaqueously deposited tholeiitic volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group which strike east northeast, dip steeply and face north. Diamond drilling indicates that narrow intercalated horizons of rhyolite and tuffaceous rocks are present and, elsewhere in the area, komatiitic volcanic rocks have been described (assessment files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake). The volcanic stratigraphy occupies part of the south limb of the southeast striking and northwest plunging McCool Hill Syncline, the major regional scale structure north of the Munro Fault Zone (Center Branch of the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone) in the north central BRIM area. A regional scale fault, the Painkiller Lake Fault, occurs several hundred metres northeast of shaft area. Intrusive rocks in the area include small mafic intrusive bodies, felsic dikes, narrow (generally no wider than several tens of metres) north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm, and narrow (generally metres in width) lamprophyre dikes. A northeast striking olivine diabase dike of the (Proterozoic) Abitibi swarm occurs about 900 m southeast of the shaft area. A recent geophysical survey of Beatty Township (OGS 1984) detected the presence of a single flightline conductor which coincides with the location of the No.2 vein, but this may be due to cultural effects.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Feb 11, 2016 (A Wilson) - A channel sample across 11 inches on the No. 2 vein returned assays up to $2.80 gold in 1915. A sample collected by the ODM from a quartz-calcite vein in a shallow pit assayed $0.40 Au and nil Ag. Development work by Lynco Resources Inc. consisted of two short drifts showed the presence of a silicified zone at the bottom of the shaft and in the drifts which assayed 0.22oz.Au/ton over a 2.7 foot chip sample. A sulphide zone/ varying in width from two to six feet, with a north-west strike and a 60 degrees dip to the north-east is reported. Its north-westerly extension seems to be north of the shaft. This zone is apparently traceable for about 400 feet and carries three to four percent pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite with low gold values. The best assays from the Lynco Resources drilling were 0.03 oz./t Au over 2 feet and 0.02 oz./t Au over 2.9 ft from drill hole 80-1. Assays from the Maude Lake drilling returned values of 0.04 oz./t Au over 1 ft. from DDH 85-20; 0.034 oz./t Au over 1.8 ft. in DDH-85-21; 0.026 oz./t Au over 5 ft. in DDH-85-23. The best results from Vedron’s 2005 exploration are located in the arsenopyrite pit area. Results from that area range between 2 and 13 glt Au with the lowest value returning 0.6 glt Au. The samples were comprised of mainly massive arsenopyrite in a silicified mafic volcanic rock. The other sulphides that were noticed in this area were some pyritic bands and minor pyrrhotite disseminations. The south shaft, located approximately 37 west-southwest of the arsenopyrite pit also returned some interesting results. The two samples collected in that area, returned values in excess of 3 g/t Au. Samples from the Painkiller Lake area, comprised of silicified mafic volcanics sometimes up to 40% fine grained pyrrhotite and 2% chalcopyrite returned interesting values ranging from 0.064glt Au and 4.73 glt Au whether it be in the bay area or the point area of sampling. Assays collected from the Lucky Ben area in 2005 returned assays ranging from 627 ppb to 8709 ppb Au.

Feb 11, 2016 (R Degagne) - The southern (or No.1) vein is reported to consist of an east striking rusty weathering quartzose zone which is about 4 feet wide where it was explored by a 32 foot deep shaft. Mineralization here was described by these workers to consist of massive pyrite, arsenopyrite and (minor) chalcopyrite. An arsenopyrite bearing grab sample was reported by Hopkins (1915) to have averaged $3.60 in gold (about 0.17 ounce of gold per ton). When the area was visited by A. C. Bath in1985, the No.1 vein (as indicated by Satterly and Armstrong 1949) was located but the 32 foot deep shaft was covered by a concrete bulkhead and no mineralized dump material was found. Examination of well exposed outcrop near the No.1 vein failed to reveal any extensions of the sulfide mineralization reported to have been explored by the shaft. Satterly and Armstrong noted that the No.1 vein is similar structurally and mineralogically to the No.2 vein at the Blue Quartz Mine and to veins at the Dunlop occurrence. The northern (or No.2) vein is about 100 feet north of the No.1 vein, as indicated by Satterly and Armstrong. The No.2 vein is reported (assessment files) to strike 036, to dip 72 northwest and to be traceable along strike for about 350 feet. Hopkins and Knight et al. reported this vein to range from 0.5 to 3 inches in width and, where exposed by a pit at its northeast exposure terminus, to be mineralized with native gold, tellurides (wehrlite), pyrite, and pyrrhotite. The No.2 vein trench is blasted into a horizon of siliceous mauve colored amygdaloidal basalt (samples AB-85-69, -73, -74,-77a, and -77c) which may contain disseminated and blebby pyrite and pyrrhotite. Vein mineralization exposed in the trench was difficult to observe and sample and vein samples in the waste dump adjacent to the No.2 vein trench are rare.

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Site Visit Information

Date: Jan 23, 1997

Geologist: R Degagne

Notes: Visited in1985 by A. C. Bath. Analyses*: AB-85-68a 570 Au ppb, 125 Cu ppm, 8 Pb ppm, 88 Zn ppm, 2399 As ppm. AB-85-68b 390 Au ppb, 221 Cu ppm, 5 Pb ppm, 91 Zn ppm, 2 As ppm; 340 Au ppb, --- Cu ppm, --- Pb ppm, --- Zn ppm, --- As ppm. AB-85-69 330 Au ppb, 70 Cu ppm, 2 Pb ppm, 41 Zn ppm, 4 As ppm. AB-85-70 70 Au ppb, 49 Cu ppm, 1 Pb ppm, 61 Zn ppm, 4 As ppm. AB-85 71 50 Au ppb, 19 Cu ppm, 1 Pb ppm, 31 Zn ppm, 4 As ppm. AB-85-72 30 Au ppb, --- Cu ppm, --- Pb ppm, --- Zn ppm, 4 As ppm. AB-85-73 70 Au ppb, 107 Cu ppm, 4 Pb ppm, 48 Zn ppm, 4 As ppm. AB-85-74 180 Au ppb, 29 Cu ppm, 29 Pb ppm, 28 Zn ppm, 11 As ppm. AB-85-75 nil Au ppb, 98 Cu ppm, 4 Pb ppm, 119 Zn ppm, 4 As ppm. AB-85-76 nil Au ppb, 11 Cu ppm, 5 Pb ppm, 32 Zn ppm, 4 As ppm. AB-85-77a 70 Au ppb, 27 Cu ppm, 2 Pb ppm, 70 Zn ppm, 2 As ppm. AB-85-77b 210 Au ppb, 101 Cu ppm, 1 Pb ppm, 64 Zn ppm, 1 As ppm. AB-85-77c 40 Au ppb, 45 Cu ppm, 2 Pb ppm, 69 Zn ppm, 4 As ppm. * All analyses performed by Swastika Laboratories Ltd., Swastika. Major oxide data is reported in weight percent.

Date: Jun 18, 1999

Geologist: D Guidon

Notes: When visited by the present writer in 1985, the No.2 vein had been largely blasted away, but could be followed discontinuously for about 100 m. A rotting wooden headframe and the uncapped 45 foot deep shaft mark the point beyond which to the northeast the vein is no longer exposed in outcrop. A 2x3x10 m trench has been blasted along the vein immediately southwest of the shaft. The muck from this trench and the drift muck hoisted from underground by Lynco Mining and Development probably served as the mill feed from which a few ounces of gold are reported to have been recovered (NMI File 42A/09 Au22). The No.2 vein trench is blasted into a horizon of siliceous mauve colored amygdaloidal basalt (samples AB-85-69, -73, -74, -77a, and -77c) which may contain disseminated and blebby pyrite and pyrrhotite. Vein mineralization exposed in the trench was difficult to observe and sample and vein samples in the waste dump adjacent to the No.2 vein trench are rare. Vein material observed consists of quartz-dolomite veinlets which contain pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite (samples AB-85- 68a and -68b). Hopkins (1915), Knight et al. (1919), and Satterly and Armstrong (1949) reported that visible gold and wehrlite (a bismuth telluride) could be found in the No.2 vein where it was formerly exposed near its northeast exposure termination (the site of the more recent Lynco blasting). R. Johnston 1985) confirmed that free gold and telluride minerals could still be found in the vein where exposed in the blasted pit. Neither free gold nor telluride minerals were observed here by the present writer.

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