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| Record Name(s) | Argus - 1983, Hollinger Argus Ltd. DDH WA1-1-79 - 1979, Walker #1 Group - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Mar-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Zinc
Township or Area: Walker
Latitude: 48° 41' 8.86" Longitude: -80° 34' 39.67"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 531083 Northing: 5392614 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A10NE
Point Location Description: DDH WA1-1-79
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: A point 2.80 km south of and 2.10 km west of the northeast corner of Walker Township.
1979: Hollinger Argus Ltd. carried out a ground magnetic survey, 2 diamond drill holes totaling 971 ft., and assays. 1982: Canamax Resources Inc. completed 1 diamond drill holes totaling 114 m. 2017: International Explorers and Prospectors Inc. carried out an airborne VTEM and magnetic survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 42A10NE0069 | 42A10NE0069 |
| 2.3102 | 42A10NE0068 | 42A10NE0068 |
| KL-7290 / 2.57852 | 20000013604 | 20000013604 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Apr 21, 2016 (C Salo) - Bedrock consists mainly of largely glacial drift covered east northeast to east southeast striking weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) mafic to felsic volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group which are intruded by conformable mafic to ultramafic bodies and north striking diabase dikes of the (Proterozoic) Matachewan swarm.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Carbonate-Sericite Schist | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesite | Host | |
| Sandstone | 3 | Cb-Sericitic Wacke | Near | |
| Claystone | 4 | Argillite | Adjacent | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 5 | Foliated Sericitic-Cb Tuff | Host | |
| Vein | 6 | Quartz | Intrudes |
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - AB-85-03: Thin section from Canamax hole 1131-09-01, footage 44.9 m. Moderately well banded carbonatized and sericitized wacke consisting of angular quartz grains, angular sericitized plagioclase grains, and variably carbonatized and sericitized flattened lithic fragments supported by an anastomosing fine grained sericite-carbonate matrix. AB-85-04: Thin section from Canamax hole 1131-09-01, footage 53.9 m. Fine grained carbonate-sericite schist. Schistosity is defined by the alignment of sericite. Fragmental textures are clearly evident in thin section, but whether these textures are due to tectonism or whether they are due to a primary fabric is not known. Some clasts appear to be sedimentary, others may be volcanic. This may represent a fine grained carbonatized and sericitized schistose epiclastic volcanic rock. AB-85-05: Thin section from Canamax hole 1131-09-01, footage 57.0 m. Incipiently foliated arenaceous argillite. Pervasively sericitized and carbonatized and cut by hairline discontinuously developed quartz-carbonate veinlets. The sample contains elongate flakes of opaque (carbonaceous?) material. AB-85-06: Thin section from Canamax hole 1131-09-01, footage 62.8 m. Carbonatized, sericitized, and silicified(? fine grained basalt or andesite. Fine grained matrix supported relic plagioclase laths are present. A weak foliation is displayed by the alignment of sericite grains. Note incipient and irregular development of quartz-carbonate veinlets and carbonate; recrystallized quartz domains form protoveinlets. AB-85-07: Thin section from Canamax hole 1131-09-01, footage 72.25 m. Weakly foliated fine grained quartz-sericite-carbonate supporting 1 mm size variably strained and incipiently sericitized subrounded to subhedral plagioclase crystals. Locally, secondary and/or recrystallized quartz occurs in the fine grained matrix. This is probably an altered tuff.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Copper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Unknown | Network | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Medium | Veins |
Apr 21, 2016 (C Salo) - Assays from Hollinger Argus drill hole no. WA1-1-79 (collared in the west half of the south half of lot 3, concession 5) returned copper tenors ranging from 230 to 4,400 ppm over core lengths of up to 2 metres of carbonatized andesite and zinc assays ranging from 55 to 1,800 ppm over core lengths as long as 12.2 metres of graphitic tuff. Minerals noted in the Hollinger Argus drill logs include native copper, niccolite, sphalerite, realgar, orpiment, cinnabar, fuchsite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and graphite. In 1982, Canamax Resources diamond drilled hole no. 1131 -09-1 several hundred metres northwest of the Hollinger Argus diamond drill holes. Core from Canamax Resources hole no. 1131-09-01 is stored at the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Core Storage Library, in Swastika, and is available for examination and sampling. Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. analyzed samples from this hole in 1985. The results of the Kidd Creek sampling are on file at the Core Storage Library.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Unknown | 4400 | ppm | |||
| Gold | Unknown | ppm | BDL | |||
| Lead | Unknown | 63 | ppm | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | 38 | ppm | |||
| Silver | Unknown | ppm | BDL | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | 48 | ppm |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Book - U-PB Dating of Mafic Dykes; ET; New Mexico Bureau of Mines Resources Bulletin
Publication Number: Bull 131 Date: 1989
Author: L.M.Heaman
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGO
File - Resident Geologist files KL-1177, KL-3554
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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Publication Number: GDIF368 Date: 1997
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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: 1220-1226 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
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Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Walker Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80573 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
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Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Porquis Junction area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2949 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1985
Author: Richard J.A., McClenaghan M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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 - 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.
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Map - Precambrian Geology of Clergue and Walker Townships Area
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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
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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.
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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP143.294 Page: 472-477 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: MP136.294 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP140.294 Page: 112-123 Date: 1997
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