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| Record Name(s) | Field Zone - 1984, Maude Lake Gold Mines Ltd. - 1982, McWatters Mining Company Inc. - 1996 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Beatty
Latitude: 48° 36' 50.73" Longitude: -80° 24' 34.07"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 543526 Northing: 5384726 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A09SW
Point Location Description: approximate centre of cluster of drill holes
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: A point 1.16 km south and 0.71 km east of the northwest corner of Beatty Township.
1982-86: Maude Lake Gold Mines Ltd.- IP, resistivity electric surveys and DD-10-7284 ft. diamond drilled 4 holes totalling 2,740 feet in the south half of lot 13, concession VI, Beatty Township. 1996: McWatters Mines Ltd. - DD-4-762 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-1782/ 2.5571 | 42A09SW0082 | 42A09SW0082 |
| W9680-00439/42A09SW0101 | 42A09SW0101 | 42A09SW0101 |
| KL-1782/ 63.4259 | 42A09NW0431 | 42A09NW0431 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Feb 09, 2016 (C Salo) - Geological mapping indicates that bedrock in the area is largely glacial drift covered and consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) mafic to ultramafic volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks and volumetrically minor interflow sediments of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group. Diamond drilling by Maude Lake Gold Mines indicates that in this area quartz-feldspar porphyry occurs and that interflow sediments may be variably graphitic and pyritic. Narrow (tens of metres in width) north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm also occur in the area.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Basalt | Pillowed | Contains |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Quartz-Feldspar | Near | |
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Komatiite | Massive To Brecciated | Footwall |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Dolomite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Medium | Network |
Feb 09, 2016 (C Salo) - Anomalous Au tenors are spatially associated with the interpreted (Johnstone 1987, Johnstone and Steele 1989)southeast extension of the Pipestone Fault Zone, a regional scale structure the location of which is reasonably well known northwest of Beatty Township in the Carr and Wilkie Twp area (as indicated by Prest 1952), but which is poorly known in Beatty and Coulson Township where bedrock exposure is scarce. Gold occurrences occur along the Pipestone Fault Zone both northwest (i.e. at the Wilcarr occurrence, the Montclerg deposit, and the Clavos deposit) and southeast (i.e. at the Maude Lake No.5 deposit) of the Field Zone occurrence. Maude Lake Gold Mines diamond drilling yielded anomalous gold tenors ranging from 0.01 to 0.03 ounce of Au per ton across narrow ( less than 9 feet of core length) widths in several holes collared in the Field Zone area. Information in the exploration and assessment files indicate that anomalous elevated Au tenors here are associated with blue or white quartz-carbonate veins and veinlets which are hosted by an east northeast striking zone of iron carbonate (dolomite?) and sericite alteration which is reported to be developed in mafic volcanic and volcaniclastic rock. The drilling indicates that the auriferous zones (at least 2 distinct zones are reported to have been delineated) are immediately north of a zone of anomalously elevated resistence and that the alteration zones coincide with a zone of anomalous elevated chargeability. The alteration zones are spatially associated with a large quartz-feldspar porphyritic body. Fine-grained disseminated sulfide minerals occur within and marginal to the quartz-carbonate stringers. Sulfide minerals noted in the Maude Lake Gold Mines drill logs include pyrite, pyrrhotite, cobalt, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite.
Folio - Beatty Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF266 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, preliminary results of bedrock samples from the sonic drilling, 1985, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2986 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1986
Author: Jensen L.S., Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Black River-Matheson Area
Publication Number: OFM0013 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1448-1451 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
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 - Precambrian Geology, Coulson and Beatty Townships
Publication Number: P3601 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2008
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Beatty Township
Publication Number: ARV56-07 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Armstrong H.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
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:
Article - Reconnaissance till sampling program, Matheson-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP141.081 Page: 472-477 Date: 1997
Author: Steele K.G.
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:
Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP136.294 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
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
Location:
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