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| Record Name(s) | Black Fox Mine - 2002, Primero Mining Corp. - 2014, Glimmer Mine - 1997, Noranda Explorations Co. Ltd. - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Dec-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Hislop
Latitude: 48° 32' 7.38" Longitude: -80° 20' 25.91"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 548682.12 Northing: 5376018.72 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A09SW
Point Location Description: Decline ramp
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: East of Matheson along Hwy 101 in Hislop Twp.
1952: Diamond drilling by Dominion Gulf. 1962: Diamond drilling by Hollinger. 1988-1989: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. (operator) optioned from Glimmer Resources Inc. 14 patented claims in Beatty and Hislop Townships, completed magnetic, resistivity, and geological surveys, and diamond drilled within the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone at least 12 holes totalling more than 1,350 m. The drilling is reported to have intersected multiple anomalously auriferous zones, including selected intersections of 3.28, 3.61, 18.04, 45.92, and 11.15 feet averaging 0.57, 1.15, 0.69, 0.34, and 0.43 ounce of gold per ton, respectively (Glimmer Resources Inc. news release dated October 10, 1989; The Northern Miner, October 16, 1989; John Wakeford, District Exploration Manager, Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd., pers. comm., January, 1990). 1988-1996: Noranda Exploration (later Hemlo Gold Mines) completed 142 diamond drill holes totalling 27 800 m. Defined 2 ore bodies, approximately 200 m apart. 1996: Extall Resources Limited purchased Hemlo Gold's share of the property. 1997- : Decline ramp driven and bulk sample taken. Commercial production begins on January 1, 1998. Mining operations suspended May 10, 2001. 2002-2003: Property purchased by Apollo Gold Corporation. Diamond drilling of 62 holes totalling 6279 m was completed in the mine area to a depth of 200 m. An additional 177 holes totalling 52 974 m was completed along strike, IP survey. 2004: Completed 920 m underground exploration drift. Planned DD is 62000 m from surface and 40000 m from underground. 2006: NI 43-101 resource estimate published. 2007: NI 43-101 resource estimate updated. 39 surface and 22 underground in-fill DDH completed totalling 8676 m. 2008: Apollo commenced removal of overburden for the open pit. The company purchased the Stock Mine and Mill Complex from St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. 2009: Production from the open pit commenced and ramped up to 2000 tpd. 2010: Commenced production from underground.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-3538/2.15608 | 42A09SW0088 | 42A09SW0088 |
| KL-5843/2.36320 | 20000002504 | 20000002504 |
| 10 | 42A09SW0281 | 42A09SW0281 |
| 63.3140 | 42A09SW0251 | 42A09SW0251 |
| OM92-164 | 42A09SW0105 | 42A09SW0105 |
| 28, KL-3180 | 42A09SW8812 | 42A09SW8812 |
| 2 .14385 | 42A09SW0250 | 42A09SW0250 |
| 2.36320 | 20000002504 | 20000002504 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Tisdale
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Sep 21, 2010 (D Guidon) - from Prenn 2006 A variably sheared, faulted, carbonatized and mineralized sequence of komatiitic ultramafic volcanics, belonging to the Stoughton-Roquemaure Group strikes southeast across the property, along the southeast strike of the DPFZ. This structure and the surrounding stratigraphy dip to the southwest at approximately 45 degrees. These altered and deformed komatiites are generally bleached to a light grey-buff colour with ankerite-talc and ankerite-quartz-sericite-fuchsite assemblages. This alteration package is underlain to the north by a thin, fine grained, green greywacke-type sediment unit, a thick sequence of massive to pillowed tholeiitic mafic volcanics and lastly by the regionally extensive package of argillites and wackes of the Porcupine Group sediments which underlie the northeastern portion of the property. To the south and forming the hanging wall of the main ankerite zone are relatively undeformed very fine-grained and green pillowed tholeiitic mafic volcanics with lesser intercalated black chloriteserpentine, chlorite and talc-chlorite altered komatiitic ultramafic flows. Numerous syenitic and feldspar +/- quartz porphyry sills and dykes of various ages occur, primarily within the main ankerite alteration zone. They are commonly massive to brecciated, silicified and pyritic with occasional sericite and hematite alteration and a more common black chlorite alteration at the contacts. They vary in colour from pink, grey, whitish, yellow, pale green and reddish. Within the more strongly deformed green carbonate zones, fragments of these dykes frequently occur. Very narrow massive, dark green to buff-green mafic dykes and sills commonly occur within the main ankerite zone. They are generally weakly altered and probably post-date much of the alteration and deformation. Diabase dykes are the youngest rocks in the area, occupying very late north-striking crustal fractures.
Apr 08, 2016 (C Salo) - Geological mapping indicates that the occurrence area is almost entirely glacial drift covered. Bedrock consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies except marginal to large felsic intrusive bodies, where amphibolite grade contact metamorphic aureoles may be developed) volcanic and intrusive rocks within or near the (locally) southeast striking Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone (PDFZ). South of the PDFZ, the supracrustal bedrock assemblage proximal to the PDFZ consists mainly of subaqueously deposited komatiitic and tholeiitic volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group which occupy part of the north limb of the east striking and east plunging Blake River Synclinorium. North of the PDFZ, southeast striking, steeply dipping, and north facing turbiditic sediments of the (Archean) Porcupine Group occupy part of the south limb of the southeast striking and northwest plunging McCool Hill Syncline. Bedrock within the PDFZ is typically lithologically and structurally complex and in the eastern Black River-Matheson area has been termed by Jensen and Langford the Porcupine-Destor Complex. Intrusive rocks known to occur in the area include large intermediate to ultramafic bodies (as at Froome Hill, located about 600 m south southeast of the occurrence) and narrow (typically no wider than a few tens of metres) generally north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic according to Heaman 1989) Matachewan swarm. A recent geophysical survey of Beatty and Hislop Townships failed to detect any anomalous bedrock conductors which coincide with the occurrence location.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
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| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Komatiitic | Near | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Apr 08, 2016 (C Salo) - Country Rock: carbonate, green carbonate, mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks Stratigraphy: Porcupine-Destor Complex. from Prenn 2006 A variably sheared, faulted, carbonatized and mineralized sequence of komatiitic ultramafic volcanics, belonging to the Stoughton-Roquemaure Group strikes southeast across the property, along the southeast strike of the DPFZ. This structure and the surrounding stratigraphy dip to the southwest at approximately 45º. These altered and deformed komatiites are generally bleached to a light grey-buff colour with ankerite-talc and ankerite-quartz-sericite-fuchsite assemblages. This alteration package is underlain to the north by a thin, fine grained, green greywacke-type sediment unit, a thick sequence of massive to pillowed tholeiitic mafic volcanics and lastly by the regionally extensive package of argillites and wackes of the Porcupine Group sediments which underlie the northeastern portion of the property. To the south and forming the hanging wall of the main ankerite zone are relatively undeformed very fine-grained and green pillowed tholeiitic mafic volcanics with lesser intercalated black chloriteserpentine, chlorite and talc-chlorite altered komatiitic ultramafic flows. Numerous syenitic and feldspar +/- quartz porphyry sills and dykes of various ages occur, primarily within the main ankerite alteration zone. They are commonly massive to brecciated, silicified and pyritic with occasional sericite and hematite alteration and a more common black chlorite alteration at the contacts. They vary in colour from pink, grey, whitish, yellow, pale green and reddish. Within the more strongly deformed green carbonate zones, fragments of these dykes frequently occur. Very narrow massive, dark green to buff-green mafic dykes and sills commonly occur within the main ankerite zone. They are generally weakly altered and probably post-date much of the alteration and deformation. Diabase dykes are the youngest rocks in the area, occupying very late north-striking crustal fractures.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Stibnite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 3 | Unknown | Replacement |
Sep 21, 2010 (D Guidon) - From Prenn (2006) The three main types of gold mineralization noted at Black Fox are: a) Low-sulfide mineralization associated with significant quartz veining and quartz stockwork within strong ankerite + fuchsite alteration of ultramafic volcanic units (quartz-rich portions of the AUV and CGR codes). ‘Green carbonate ore’ is included in this type. While characterized by low-sulfide contents, small amounts of pyrite are typical of the mineralized zones. Multiple phases of quartz veining and structural episodes, evidenced by cross-cutting veins, chloritic slip surfaces in the quartz veins, and breccia textures, are typical of this mineralization style. Visible gold is common in high-grade areas. Without visible gold, however, it is often difficult to predict significantly mineralized versus unmineralized intervals. This type of mineralization is most common in the footwall portion of the Destor-Porcupine fault zone (“DPFZ”). b) Mineralization hosted within mafic volcanic units that is associated with significant fine-grained pyrite (typically >~5%) and minor to moderate quartz veining (coded as BMV and pyritic portions of MV). Quartz veins are typically parallel to foliation, and visible gold is characteristically absent in this type of mineralization, referred to in the district as ‘flow ore’. The mineralization is frequently, but not always, associated with bleaching of the mafic volcanic rocks. This style is common in the footwall portion of the DPFZ in the eastern part of the 235- level underground drilling. c) Mineralization hosted in silicified felsic dikes. The host dikes include both quartz-feldspar porphyries and finer-grained, possibly syenitic, dikes (FI code); the fine-grained dikes are more commonly mineralized. Mineralization in the dikes is associated with increased silicification, fracturing, and pyrite; some quartz veining is typically present. Dike-hosted mineralization is common in the middle and hanging wall portions of the DPFZ, where dike intersections can be correlated from hole to hole in many cases (in contrast to the blocks and lenses of felsic dikes that occur in the footwall portions of the DPFZ).
Apr 08, 2016 (C Salo) - Diamond drilling by Noranda Exploration Co. within the northern part of the PDFZ is reported to have intersected within altered (variably ankeritized, silicified, and sericitized) mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks anomalously auriferous material containing gold tenors ranging from 0.08 to 1.48 ounce of gold per ton from drill core lengths ranging from 3.28 to 45.92 feet. The anomalous gold tenors are described to be associated with both visible (coarse grained native) gold bearing quartz vein material and with disseminated pyrite.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Black Fox | 2019 | Proven Mineral Reserve | 440925 | OFR6375, p.6 | Gold 5.40 g/t | |
| Black Fox | 2019 | Probable Mineral Reserve | 330693 | OFR6375, p.6 | Gold 5.78 g/t | |
| Black Fox | 2019 | Measured Mineral Resource | 220462 | OFR6375, p.6 | Gold 5.78 g/t | |
| Black Fox | 2019 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 881849 | OFR6375, p.6 | Gold 7.48 g/t | |
| Black Fox | 2019 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 110231 | OFR6375, p.6 | Gold 7.32 g/t | |
| Black Fox - stockpile | 2018 | Proven Mineral Reserve | 400000 | OFR6367, p.6 | Gold 1.2 g/t | |
| Black Fox - stockpile | 2018 | Measured Mineral Resource | 400000 | OFR6367, p.6 | Gold 1.2 g/t | |
| Black Fox - Underground | 2018 | Probable Mineral Reserve | 481710 | OFR6367, p.6 | Gold 6.33 g/t | |
| Black Fox - Underground | 2018 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 2095494 | OFR6367, p.6 | Gold 7.72 g/t | |
| Black Fox | 2014 | Measured + Indicated Resource | 3600000 | Primero Mining Press Release March 18, 2015 | Gold 5.3 g/t | |
| Black Fox - stockpile | 2014 | Proven + Probable Reserve | 3000000 | Primero Mining Press Release March 18, 2015 | Gold 4.0 g/t | |
| Black Fox | 2014 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 300000 | Primero Mining Press Release March 18, 2015 | Gold 8.3 g/t |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 344817 |
Gold 36652 Ounces |
OFR6403, p.6 | 36,652 ozs gold from 344,817 tons of ore at 3.31 g/t Au. |
| 2021 | 334409 |
Gold 30060 Ounces |
OFR6385, p.7 | 30,060 ozs gold from 334,409 tons of ore at 3.08 g/t Au. |
| 2020 | 259043 |
Gold 24300 Ounces |
OFR6375, p.6 | 24,300 ozs gold from 259,043 tons of ore at 3.22 g/t Au. |
| 2019 | 241039 |
Gold 35630 Ounces |
OFR6367, p.6 | 35,630 ozs gold from 241,039 tons of ore at 0.148 oz/t Au. |
| 2018 | 296676 |
Gold 48848 Ounces |
OFR6355, p.6 | 48,848 ozs gold from 296,676 tons of ore using a mine reserve grade of 5.65 g/t. |
| 2017 | 639324 |
Gold 65488 Ounces |
OFR6340, p.5 | 65,488 ozs gold from 639,324 tons of ore at 0.102 oz/t Au. |
| 2016 | 1010648 |
Gold 62171 Ounces |
OFR6328, p.5 | 62,171 ozs gold from 1,010,648 tons of ore at 0.062 oz/t Au. |
| 2015 | 849668 |
Gold 2168068 Grams |
Primero Mining press release February 18, 2016 | 69 705 ounces of gold were produced from 849 668 t grading 2.09 g/t from the open pit operation and 140 836 t grading 4.81 g/t from the underground operation in 2015. |
| 2014 | 811632 |
Gold 2273229 Grams |
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| 2013 | 829995 |
Gold 98710 Ounces |
Brigus press release January 13, 2014 | |
| 2012 | 735573 |
Gold 77374 Ounces |
OFR6287 | |
| 2011 | 752612 |
Gold 55756 Ounces |
Brigus Gold Corp. press release February 21, 2012 | |
| 2010 | 777043 |
Gold 2097276 Grams |
OFR6265 | 67429 ounces of gold from 777043 t |
| 2009 | 524800 |
Gold 1647271 Grams |
OFR6248, Apollo Gold press release January 28, 2010 | 52961 ounces gold from 524 800 t, open pit production |
| 2001 | 83241 |
Gold 369851 Grams |
Glimmer Resources 2nd Quarter Report 2001 | Production to May10 2001 |
| 2000 | 255760 |
Gold 1456514 Grams |
OFR6051 | |
| 1999 | 258699 |
Gold 1447867 Grams |
OFR6007 | |
| 1998 | 309748 |
Gold 2000545 Grams |
OFR5991 | |
| 1997 | 194138 |
Gold 1254528 Grams |
OFR 5973 | BULK SAMPLE |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-4978
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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: 1582-1586 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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:
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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Publication - Press release, January 28, 2010
Publication Number: Date: 2010
Author: Apollo Gold Corporation
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGO
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:
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:
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 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:
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 - 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:
Part - Geology of Hislop Township
Publication Number: ARV65-05 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology of Beatty Township
Publication Number: ARV56-07 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Armstrong H.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Article - Geological investigations of the Destor-Porcupine deformation zone east of Matheson
Publication Number: MP146.023 Date: 1997
Author: Troop D.G.
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:
Book - Apollo Gold Press Release Feb. 26, 2004
Publication Number: Apollo PR Date: 2004
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGO
Book - Apollo Gold Corp. news release July 27, 2004
Publication Number: PR 04/07 Date: 2004
Author: Apollo Gold Corporation
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGO
Mono - Report of Activities 2009, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake District
Publication Number: OFR6248 Date: 2010
Author: Guindon D.L., Grabowski G.P.B., Wilson A.C., van Zeyl D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2020, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts
Publication Number: OFR6375 Date: 2021
Author: Chadwick P.J., Péloquin A.S., Suma-Momoh J., Daniels C.M., Hinz S.L.K., Dorland G., Patterson C., Todd R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Technical Report, Black Fox Project, Matheson, Ontario, Canada: prepared for Apollo Gold Corporation
Publication Number: 2006 NI 43-101 Date: 2006
Author: Prenn, N.B.
Publisher Name: Mine Development Associates, Mine Engineering Services, reno Nevada
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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
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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
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:
Mono - Report of Activities 2019, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts
Publication Number: OFR6367 Date: 2020
Author: Chadwick P.J., Péloquin A.S., Suma-Momoh J., Daniels C.M., Hinz S., Kennedy C.A., Streit L., Todd R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2018, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts
Publication Number: OFR6355 Date: 2019
Author: Chadwick P.J., Péloquin A.S., Suma-Momoh J., Daniels C.M., Bousquet P., Kennedy C.A., Sabiri N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2017, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts
Publication Number: OFR6340 Page: 5 Date: 2018
Author: Chadwick P.J., Péloquin A.S., Suma-Momoh J., Daniels C.M., Bousquet P., Wilson A.C., Sabiri N., Szumylo N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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