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| Record Name(s) | Abuy - West - 1945, McBride Group - 1939, Parsons - 1979, Nevada Explorations Ltd. - 1973, Ginn - 1979, Abuy Gold Mines Ltd. - 1945, Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Hislop, Hislop
Latitude: 48° 31' 13.62" Longitude: -80° 18' 50.48"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 550654 Northing: 5374375.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A09SW
Point Location Description: Point
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: A point 1.90 km south and 2.90 km west of the northeast corner of Hislop Township. subdued bedrock exposure near the east shore of a small tributary creek of the Pike River (as indicated by Prest 1957) within the north half of lot 4, concession V, Hislop Township constitutes the sole bedrock exposure in the occurrence area. Access to this outcrop is via an overgrown gated road which joins the gravel road on the common boundary between lots 3 and 4, Hislop Township about 150 m north of the Bailey bridge spanning the Pike River, in concession V.
1939- 1945: Abuy Gold Mines Ltd.- surface sampling, DD-19-4192 ft. and diamond drilled 19 holes totalling 4,192 feet on the north half of lot 4, concession 5, Hislop Township. At the time, these claims were known as the McBride group. This drilling was completed in part as a result of an outcrop grab sample obtained from a small exposure of variably sheared and quartz veined carbonatized basalt which assayed 0.06 ounce of gold per ton. The drilling returned narrow and discontinuous intersections of anomalously elevated gold tenors (i.e. a 2.5 foot core section of brecciated feldspar porphyry averaging 0.25 ounce of gold per ton and a 1.2 foot core section of carbonatized volcanic rock averaging 0.26 ounce of gold per ton) from syenitic material, variably altered volcanic rock, and lamprophyre dike material. 1973-1974:Nevada Explorations Ltd. - DD-11-2003 ft; assays.The best assay from the drilling is reported to be a 5 foot core section which averaged 0.61 ounce of gold per ton. 1979-1980: A.P. Ginn and G.E. Parsons: geological mapping, ground magnetometer surveying; DD-38;assays.1993-94: Noranda Exploration Company Limited - ground magnetometer, VLF-EM, IP surveys; DD-4-919 m, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0943/18 | 42A09SW0273 | 42A09SW0273 |
| KL-0943/2.3182 | 42A09SW0275 | 42A09SW0275 |
| KL-0943/17 | 42A09SW0276 | 42A09SW0276 |
| KL-0943/63.3643 | 42A09SW0277 | 42A09SW0277 |
| KL-0943/63.3716 | 42A09SW8815 | 42A09SW8815 |
| 63.3111 | 42A09SW0282 | 42A09SW0282 |
| 13 | 42A09SW8811 | 42A09SW8811 |
| 2.15608 | 42A09SW0088 | 42A09SW0088 |
| KL-0943/63.3791 | 42A09SW0272 | 42A09SW0272 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Apr 15, 2016 (C Salo) - Geological mapping indicates that anomalous gold tenors at the McBride occurrence are hosted mainly by weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lowermetamorphic facies) southeast striking and steeply dipping mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group and discontinuously developed felsic intrusivE bodies. The occurrence is either within or immediately marginal to the largely glacial drift covered locally southeast striking Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone, a regional scale structure which, in Hislop Township, separates south dipping and south facing (metamorphosed) volcanic and intercalated sedimentary rocks of the Stoughton-Roquemaure and overlying (Archean) Kinojevis Groups (to the south) from generally north dipping and north facing (metamorphosed) volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Stoughton-Roquemaure and (Archean) Porcupine Groups (to the north). Intrusive rocks in the area include large sill-like bodies of gabbroic or dioritic composition and smaller, discontinuous bodies of syenite, syenite porphyry, quartz porphyry, and quartz-feldspar porphyry, especially within and marginal to what is interpreted to be the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone. The youngest intrusive rocks in the area include narrow (tens of metres in width) north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm and narrower (generally metre scale) lamprophyre dikes. A recent geophysical survey of Hislop Township failed to detect any significant bedrock conductors in the occurrence area.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Carbonatized Basalt | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Fe-Dolomite | Host | |
| Syenite | 3 | Near | ||
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 4 | Feldspar | Porphyroblastic | Near |
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 5 | Near | ||
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 6 | Intrudes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Specularite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Dolomite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Unknown | Stockwork | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Unknown | Replacement |
Apr 15, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays from the 1945 drilling returned assays ranging from $1.07 Au over 8 inches to $9.10 Au over 1.2 ft. in syenite. Assays from carbonate schist returned assay values from $1.75 Au over 5 ft and $5.25 Au over 5.0 ft. At least 38 holes were diamond drilled by Ginn and numerous core intersections ranging from 10 to 50 feet in length averaged greater than 0.05 ounce of gold per ton (including 60 and 50 foot core lengths which averaged 0.038 and 0.068 ounce of gold per ton, respectively).
Apr 15, 2016 (C Salo) - The bedrock exposure consists of glacially polished and lichen covered variably carbonatized basalt which is intruded at its northwestern edge by felsic granitoid material the eastern contact of which is east northeast striking. A narrow (less than 0.5 m wide) 020 striking ill-defined shear is developed in the basalt and hosts irregularly developed but laterally continuous quartz-Fe-dolomite veinlets which are nowhere wider than about 15 cm. Marginal to the shear, the basalt is rusty weathering and variably Fe-dolomitized (sample AB-86-166) while the sheared basalt and the marginal incipiently sheared basalt is pervasively Fe-dolomitized and pink feldspar porphyroblastic. The shear is characterized by the presence of 3-4% of very fine grained disseminated pyrite and/or hematite. A chip sample of pyritic and altered basalt marginal and east of the shear and a channel sample of pyritic basalt marginal to and east of the shear assayed 530 and 440 ppb of gold, respectively. A grab sample from the same shear is also reported to have assayed 0.06 ounce of gold per ton (about 1900 ppb of gold). Diamond drilling by Nevada Explorations in 1974 and by Ginn and Parsons in 1979 and 1980 intersected numerous diamond drillcore lengths ranging from 5 to 60 feet in length which averaged greater than 0.05 ounce of gold per ton. The auriferous material is logged as occurring in association with quartz-carbonate vein material developed in mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks, lamprophyre dikes, and intrusive felsic (often hornblende bearing) syenite, and is often accompanied by pyrite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, hematite, and (rarely) fine grained visible gold.
Apr 15, 2016 (C Salo) - Shear composed of coarse to fine grained carbonatized and sericitized material.
File - Resident Geologist files KL-0004, KL-1964
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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
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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:
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
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Part - Geology of Hislop Township
Publication Number: ARV65-05 Page: 34-35 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Hislop Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80595 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 131 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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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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Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0067 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Hislop Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF404 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border
Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hislop Township Area
Publication Number: M2527 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2000
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1035-1050 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
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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MonoMap - Geology and petrogenesis of the Archean Abitibi belt in the Kirkland Lake area, Ontario
Publication Number: MP123 Date: 1985
Author: Jensen L.S., Langford F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Precambrian geology of the Black River-Matheson (BRIM) area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP126.056S Page: 291-296 Date: 1997
Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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Article - Preliminary report on geology and metasomatism at the Ross Mine and vicinity, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP126.061S Date: 1997
Author: Troop D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Multiple orebody types and vein morphologies, Ross Mine, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP132.083 Date: 1997
Author: Troop D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geological Synthesis of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR6091 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Geological investigations of the Destor-Porcupine deformation zone east of Matheson
Publication Number: MP146.023 Page: 136-143 Date: 1997
Author: Troop D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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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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