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| Record Name(s) | Clifford Occurrence - 1924, Cartwright Gold Fields Ltd. - 1915, Headwater Mines Ltd. - 1950, Joutel Resources Ltd. - 1988, Clifford Gold Mines Ltd. - 1924, Hattie Gold Mining Company - 1919 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Beatty, Beatty, Beatty
Latitude: 48° 37' 24.74" Longitude: -80° 20' 6.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 549002 Northing: 5385821 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A09SW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel 3.4 km east of Matachewan on Highway 101 to Beatty/Carr Township Line Road. Continue north 4.3km to Beatty Concession 3/4 Road. Travel east 3.4km, then north on the road 7.6km to the site.
1915: Clifford Gold Fields Limited - claims 1890 and 1891 patented. 1924-25: Clifford Gold Mines Ltd. - organized to develop 5 claims in north half of lots 5 and 6, concession 6. 1949: surface trenching, DD-4-2129 ft.; shaft sinking in early 1925 (to 100 ft.; 16 trenches, pits and shafts (including the main shaft) had been excavated. 1950-1977: Headwater Mines Ltd. - acquired the assets of Clifford Gold Mines and Amalgamated Goldfields Corp. Ltd.; surface exploration, trenching, ground magnetic survey, ground EM survey, DD-7-1870 ft.; charter cancelled in 1977. 1988: Joutel Resources Ltd. - completed ground magnetic and HLEM surveys over a contiguous group of 9 patented and 8 unpatented claims electromagnetic surveys over a contiguous group of 9 patented and 8 unpatented claims (including claims formerly held by Clifford Gold Mines and Headwater Mines).
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Feb 12, 2016 (R Degagne) - Geological mapping indicates that bedrock in the area consists mainly of weekly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) tholeiitic and komatiitic volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group. Local bedrock stratigraphy strikes southeast, dips steeply, faces south and occupies part of the north limb of the southeast striking and northwest plunging McCool Hill Syncline.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Near | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Tholeiitic Basalt | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 4 | Quartz | Host |
Feb 12, 2016 (R Degagne) - Intrusive rocks in the area include a small (aeromagnetic data suggests a 300x600 m maximum cross section area) ultramafic-mafic sill which intrudes tholeiitic basalt no more than several tens of metres southwest (stratigraphically above) the main shaft and narrow (tens of metres in width) north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm. A recent geophysical survey of Beatty Township failed to detect any significant bedrock conductors which coincide with the location of the known Clifford Gold Mines surface workings.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 12, 2016 (A Wilson) - Hopkins (1915) and Knight et al. (1919) reported that in lot 5, concession VI, Beatty Township, a 3 foot wide northwest striking rusty weathering pyrrhotitic band averaged as much as $0.40 in gold and traces of nickel (0.02 oz./t Au).
Feb 12, 2016 (R Degagne) - The Clifford Gold Mines Ltd. shaft and surface workings are in patented claim1890. Hopkins reported that a grab sample from a 3 foot wide northwest striking (conformable?) rusty weathering pyrrhotitic band averaged $0.40 (about 0.02 ounce of gold per ton) and only traces of nickel. In a Headwater Mines Ltd. prospectus dated 1963, E.L. MacVeigh reported that in the Clifford Gold Mines shaft area: ...The greenstone outcrops have shown considerable quartz vein development localized along the north margin of the diorite intrusive. Some locations with gold values are reported. These veins strike north 70 degrees east. In the same report, MacVeigh noted that ... on the Clifford part of the Headwater property some trenching and diamond drilling ... might present the same economic possibilities as found in the Blue Quartz [Mine, in Beatty Township] underground.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Date: Jan 22, 1997
Geologist: R Degagne
Notes: N/A
File - Resident Geologist file KL-3529
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Gold area between lakes Abitibi and Night Hawk, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARM28B Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W., Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E., Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - Abitibi-Night Hawk gold area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARV28-02.001 Page: 57-59 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W., Burrows A.G., Hopkins P.E., Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Map - Black River-Matheson Area
Publication Number: OFM0013 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.
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Location:
Part - Geology of Beatty Township
Publication Number: ARV56-07 Page: 27 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Armstrong H.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, bedrock samples from the sonic drilling program 1987, Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P3114 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1989
Author: Johnstone R.M., Sutcliffe R.H., Steele K.G., Baker C.L., McClenaghan M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 123 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Folio - Beatty Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF266 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Beatty Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80585 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Township of Beatty, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1947-02 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Armstrong H.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 141-146 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Quaternary geology of Matheson area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: P2735 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1985
Author: Vagners U.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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Publication - Gold Occurrences of Ontario East of Lake Superior; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 192
Publication Number: GSC Mem 192 Page: 30 Date: 1936
Author: Kindle, E.D.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100824
Article - Precambrian geology of the Black River-Matheson (BRIM) area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP119.050S Date: 1997
Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geology of Beatty Township
Publication Number: OFM0158 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1991
Author: Johnstone R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation: Beatty and Munro Townships
Publication Number: P3395 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1999
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The Beatty-Munro gold area
Publication Number: ARV24-01.004 Page: 182 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP140.294 Page: 112-123 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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