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| Record Name(s) | Gibson - 1981, Goldpost Resources - 1986, Mining Corporation of Canada - 1989, Ladouceur Option - 1946, Martin Bird Gold Mines - 1946, Ginn-Parsons - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum, Silver
Township or Area: Hislop, Hislop, Hislop
Latitude: 48° 30' 22.29" Longitude: -80° 18' 55.56"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 550564 Northing: 5372790 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A09SW
Point Location Description: Exploration decline ramp.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: A point 3.52 km south and 2.46 km west of the northeast corner of Hislop Township. The Goldpost Resources exploration decline ramp portal is near the northeast corner of what is known as the Gibson Option, the north half of lot 4, concession IV, Hislop Township. Access to the Hislop West Mine is provided by north trending Hislop Road 2, an all weather gravel road which bounds the Gibson Option on its east side and which passes within a few tens of metres of the decline's portal.
1933-39: 2 shafts, both to 401 ft., underground and surface diamond drilling, drifting, crosscutting. 1946: S.J. Bird diamond drilled 11 holes totaling 9,752 feet. 1979-1980: A.P. Ginn and G.E. Parsons completed geological and magnetic surveys and diamond drilled at least 30 holes totaling at least 9,130 feet in the area. 1981: Diamond drilling (by H.E. Neal and Associates Ltd.?) in the north half of lot 4, concession IV is reported to have intersected high grade gold tenors. 1983: Geddes Resources Ltd. and Armco Minerals Exploration Ltd. diamond drilled a gold deposit in Hislop Township. Armco Minerals Exploration completed magnetic and IP electromagnetic surveys, trenching, and diamond drilled 7,170 feet in the area, including 6,969 feet. 1984: Armco Minerals Exploration diamond drilled 5,500 feet in the area. 1986: Subsequent to about 7,000 feet of surface diamond drilling having been completed, Goldpost Resources Inc. initiated an exploration decline ramp to explore anomalous gold tenors associated with the north northeast striking Gibson Fault. 1987: Goldpost Resources crosscut 200 feet, diamond drilled 56 holes totaling 25,580 feet from underground, and extended the decline ramp an additional 1,900 feet to the vertical 400 foot level. 1988: Goldpost Resources completed a magnetic survey, extended by 2,000 feet the decline ramp, drifted 551 feet, diamond drilled from underground more than 25,000 feet.1989: Drill defined reserves above the 400 foot level were reported to be 19,230 tons of material averaging 0.59 ounce of gold per ton. Goldpost Resources announced their intention to mine about 9,976 tons of material averaging 0.81 ounce of gold per ton from above the 250 foot level. Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd. purchased from Goldpost Resources their Hislop West deposit and announced plans to immediately begin production (The Northern Miner, September 4, December 4, 1989). Mining Corp. of Canada began mining in October (G. Cooper, Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd., pers. comm. to G. Meyer, Resident Geologist, Kirkland Lake, 1989). According to Hemlo Gold maps for the Pike River project, about 8000 t were mined at a grade of 27.4 g/t Au. 1993-1995: Noranda, followed by Hemlo Gold explored a property to the east, north and and northwest. 1993 diamond drilling intersected gold values at the mafic volcanic-sedimentary rock contact zone to the east of the portal. Nine diamond drill holes totaling 2323 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-0142/2.6517 | 42A09SW0264 | 42A09SW0264 |
| KL-0142/2.6221 | 42A09SW0265 | 42A09SW0265 |
| KL-0142/2.6518 | 42A09SW0266 | 42A09SW0266 |
| KL-0943/18 | 42A09SW0273 | 42A09SW0273 |
| KL-0943/63.3790 | 42A09SW0274 | 42A09SW0274 |
| KL-0943/2.3182 | 42A09SW0275 | 42A09SW0275 |
| KL-0943/ 63.3643 | 42A09SW0277 | 42A09SW0277 |
| KL-0943/ 63.3716 | 42A09SW8815 | 42A09SW8815 |
| KL-0142/63.4348/OM83-6-C-153 | 42A09SW0261 | 42A09SW0261 |
| KL-0943/63.3791 | 42A09SW0272 | 42A09SW0272 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Apr 08, 2016 (C Salo) - The mine area is almost entirely glacial drift covered. Bedrock geology and structure in the area are complex and not well understood. The results of the mapping cited above and of exploration diamond drilling (ass. and expl. files, Res. Geol. Office, Kirkland Lake) suggest that the mine is hosted mainly by variably sheared and variably altered weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies, except marginal to sizeable intrusive bodies, where contact aureoles of amphibolite grade may be developed) subaqueously deposited tholeiitic and komatiitic volcanic and interflow sedimentary rocks. Intrusive rocks in the area include dikes and irregularly shaped bodies of mafic and felsic syenite, hb syenite, hb diorite, and narrow (metre scale or less) dikes of biot lamprophyre. Narrow (generally tens of metres in width) north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm also occur in the area. The mine is indicated by Johnstone and Trowell to be about 1,100 m SW of the interpreted location of a relatively narrow PDFZ while Jensen (1985) indicated that it is within a much wider PDFZ. The deposit appears to be hosted by either: a) (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group rocks which occur south of the PDFZ and occupy part of the north limb of the east striking and east plunging Blake River Synclinorium; or b) a lith. and struct. complex bedrock assem. which is spatially ass. with the PDFZ and which is termed by Jensen and Langford the Porcupine-Destor Complex. A recent geophysical survey of Hislop Township failed to detect any anomalous bedrock conductors to coincide with the location of the mine.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Biotite Lamprophyre | 1 | Biotite | Near |
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| Syenite | 2 | Syenite | Near | |
| Peridotite | 3 | Peridotite | Near | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 4 | Clastic Sedimentary | Near | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 5 | Basalt | Near | |
| Vein | 6 | Quartz | Host | |
| Breccia-unsubdivided | 7 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Telluride | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Specularite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Senarmontite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Talc | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Leucoxene | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Unknown | Veins | ||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Medium | Stockwork | ||
| Feldspar | Alteration | Feldspathization | 3 | Unknown | Network | ||
| Hematite | Alteration | Hematization | 4 | Weak | Disseminated | ||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 5 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 6 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Epidote | Alteration | Epidotization | 7 | Medium | Veins |
Apr 08, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays from the Ginn drilling returned gold assays ranging from 0.02 to 0.37 oz/t and copper values ranging from 0.27 to 0.86%.
Apr 08, 2016 (C Salo) - The Hislop West Mine is on land which has been patented for many years. Consequently, very little information concerning the work performed to explore and delineate anomalous gold mineralization here has been formally reported to the provincial government. Scanty information in the assessment and exploration files indicates that the mine consists of anomalous gold tenors associated with variably sheared, brecciated, and variably altered (carbonatized, silicified, feldspathized, hematized, serpentinized, sericitized, and epidote altered) mafic to ultramafic and interflow sedimentary rocks and intrusive hornblende syenitic and biotite lamprophyric dike rocks. The local supracrustal basement assemblage appears to strike about 140, to dip steeply southwest, and (possibly) to face southwest. The anomalously auriferous zone which constitutes the Hislop West Mine in 1983 was reported (assessment and exploration files) to: a) have had a true width of 12.7 feet; b) to strike 065-070; c) to dip from about 70 degrees north to nearly vertical; d) to have been traced via surface diamond drilling laterally for at least 245 feet and to a vertical depth of 310 feet; and e) appears to be an auriferous fault or shear zone oriented orthogonally to what geologists with H.E. Neal and Associates Ltd. (the Goldpost Resources project operators) refer to as the south southeast striking Gibson Fault. Troop (1989) reported that at the Hislop West Mine, mineralization is: ... confined to discrete, high grade quartz veins near the brecciated and altered contact zone between syenite and basalt (p. 141). Drill hole intercepts: PR95-27 - 3.5 g/t Au over 22.0 m, PR95-28 - 2.1 g/t Au over 23.2 m, PR95-29 - 1.7 g/t Au over 8.0 m, PR95-30 - 6.4 g/t Au over 14.4 m, PR95-31- 6.5 g/t over 1.0 m, PR95-32 - 5.0 g/t over 1.5 m and 3.8 g/t Au over 1.6 m, PR95-33 - 8.8 g/t Au over 1.0 m, PR95-34 - 10.4 g/t Au over 4.0 m.
Date: Feb 07, 1983
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: The 1983 diamond drilling program was successful in tracing a mineralized alteration zone for 245 feet laterally and to a depth of 310 feet. The true width of the zone is up to 12.7 feet. The zone strikes N65ºE to N70º E and dips about 70º N to near vertical. The zone appears to be a shear or fault and is perpendicular to the Gibson fault.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Gibson | 1989 | Unclassified | 9050 | The Northern Miner July 17, 1989 | may have been mined out by Mining Corp. of Canada | Gold 27.77 g/t |
| Martin-Bird | 1982 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 558000 | MR213 Ont. 69 | may have been mined out by Mining Corp. of Canada; plus 158,000 t @ 0.20 oz/t Au | Gold 0.114 oz/T |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 8000 |
Gold 219200 Grams |
Assessment File KL-3906 map KL3906-4 | 8000 t at 27.4 g/t |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1756, KL-4147
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Ramore area, northwestern part, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2860 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Ramore area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming
Publication Number: P3131 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1989
Author: Jensen L.S.
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.
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Location:
Part - Geology of Hislop Township
Publication Number: ARV65-05 Page: 47-48 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
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
Location:
Folio - Hislop Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF404 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, bedrock samples from the sonic drilling program 1988, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P3136 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1989
Author: Sutcliffe R.H., Steele K.G., Hart B.R.
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:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1068-1075 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit KL #081
Publication Number: PV-81 Date: 1990
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Book - Archean Gold Mineralization of Oxidized Hydrothermal Fluids, Economic Geology V82, p. 1177-1191
Publication Number: EC 82 Date: 1987
Author: E.M. Cameron, and K. Hattori,
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGO
Mono - Archean lode gold deposits in Ontario
Publication Number: MP139 Date: 1988
Author: Colvine A.C., Fyon J.A., Heather K.B., Marmont S., Smith P.M., Troop D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist's area - 1987
Publication Number: MP138.011 Page: 251-275 Date: 1997
Author: Grabowski G.P.B., Lovell H.L., Guindon D.L., Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
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
Location:
Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP143.294 Page: 24-32 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Highway 101 Area, East of Matheson, Ontario
Publication Number: M2676 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2003
Author: Berger B.R., Luinstra B., Ropchan J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
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
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 - 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:
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
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
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