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| Record Name(s) | Goldex-Turney Property - 1984, Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Inc. - 1962, N.A. Timmins - 1945, St. Andrews Goldfields Ltd. - 1986, Esso Minerals Canada - 1986, Goldex Occurrence - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead
Township or Area: Taylor
Latitude: 48° 34' .3" Longitude: -80° 35' 37.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 529974 Northing: 5379375 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A10SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access to the area is provided by both Highway 11 and the Taylor Township concession2/3 common boundary gravel road.
1945-1946: N.A. Timmins (Ontario) Ltd.- geological survey, DD-11-8372.8 ft . Representative core samples from this drilling are available for viewing at the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Core Storage Library, in Swastika. 1962- 1963: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd.- DD4-2835.5 ft. and are reported (assessment file W.H. Turney) to have diamond drilled at about this time at least 45 additional holes in the area. 1984-86: Goldex Resources Inc.: ground magnetometer survey, DD-15-9964 ft, assays. 1986: St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. and Esso Minerals Canada were shown in a sketch map (The Northern Miner, February 3, 1986, p.2) to control the south half of lot 6, concession 3, Taylor Township and additional lands in the Stock- Taylor Township area.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-1000 / 63.4984 / OM86-6-C-13 | 42A10SE1050 | 42A10SE1050 |
| 16 | 42A10SE0037 | 42A10SE0037 |
| KL-2697 / 63.3405 | 42A10SE0044 | 42A10SE0044 |
| KL-1000 / 63.4502 | 42A10SE0021 | 42A10SE0021 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Porcupine
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 03, 2015 (R Degagne) - The occurrence area straddles the east striking contact between weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic grade) sediments and intercalated tuffaceous rocks of the (Archean) Porcupine Group (to the north) and a (metamorphosed) sequence of mafic to ultramafic massive, pillowed and locally variolitic volcanic rocks of the (Archean )Stoughton-Roquemaure Group (to the south). The Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone (PDFZ) is closely associated with the Porcupine/Stoughton-Roquemaure Group contact in this area. Information in the assessment files (Resident Geologist's Office, Kirkland Lake) indicates that both the Porcupine Group sediments and the Stoughton-Roquemaure Group volcanic rocks are approximately east striking, steeply south dipping and south facing. The Porcupine/Stoughton-Roquemaure Group contact relationship is obscured by the presence near this contact of multiple discrete shears of the PDFZ which are now represented by various carbonate, chlorite, sericite, and talc schists. Limited diamond drilling by N.A. Timmins (Ontario) Ltd. in the mid 1940's along a strike length of about 1,500 m indicates that the PDFZ is here represented by a system of subparallel shears which in aggregate form a zone ranging from less than 100 to more than 400 feet in width. The shearing within this area appears to be steeply but variably south dipping (drilling data indicates that apparent dip variations ranging from 42 to 75 degrees along a strike length of 1,500 m are possible).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Massive, Pillowed, Locally Variolitic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Tuffaceous, Metasedimentary | Host | |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 3 | Syenite Porphyry | Host | |
| Quartz Porphyry | 4 | Host | ||
| Granite | 5 | Host | ||
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 6 | Host | ||
| Syenite | 7 | Albitite | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - The PDFZ appears to be associated closely with the Porcupine/Stoughton-Roquemaure contact and the discrete shears which form the larger shear zone are indicated to bound more or less discrete blocks of (variably sheared) sediments, volcanic rocks and carbonate. Individual shears and the variably sheared rocks marginal to them may be intruded by what have been logged as dikes and/or intrusive masses of syenite porphyry, quartz porphyry, granite, albite porphyry and albitite. Diamond drill data suggest that much of this felsic material is oriented subparallel to local stratigraphy and the shears which in aggregate comprise the PDFZ. Felsic rocks are ubiquitous within and near the PDFZ in Taylor Township and may be associated with significant gold mineralization.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Fuchsite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 3 | Weak | Replacement |
Dec 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - Assays from the Goldex Resources drilling returned best assays of 0.103 oz./t Au over 0.8 ft (DDH T-84-1); 0.135 oz./t Au over 1.9 ft and 0.124 oz./t Au over 2.4 ft (DDH T 84-2); 0.357 oz./t Au over 0.8 ft and 0.125 oz/t Au over 2.5 ft (DDH T-84-4); 0.329 oz. /t Au over 2 ft. and 0.042 oz./t Au over 3 ft. (visible gold found in both sections in DDH T-84-5); and 0.223 oz./t Au over 2 ft. and 0.104 oz./t Au over 1.5 ft. in DDH T-84-6). Assays from the 1986 Goldex drilling returned best assay of 0.29 oz./t Au over 2 ft. in T-86-1; 0.06 oz./t Au over 2.3 ft. in T-86-2; 0.13 oz/t Au over 2.4 ft. in T-86-3; 0.14 oz./t Au over 1.1 ft in T-86-5; and 0.114 oz/t Au over 4.1 ft. in T-86-9.
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Quartz-(pink feldspar)-(carbonate)-(tourmaline)-(sericite) veins and veinlets with and without associated pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, molybdenite and fine to coarse grained native gold may be developed in any of the variably sheared rocks within the PDFZ or the felsic dike rocks. Gold assays from diamond drill core (as reported in the assessment and exploration files) from this area generally average less than 0.01 ounce of gold per ton over core assay lengths ranging from 1 to 20 feet. Virtually all rock types encountered by the drilling (except the diabase dikes) are capable of returning anomalously elevated (greater than 0.01 ounce of gold per ton) gold assays. The best assays recorded in the assessment files (ranging from 0.05 to 1.10 ounce of gold per ton) are associated with sheared volcanic rocks hosting quartz veins, felsic dike material intruded by quartz veins, quartz vein material hosted by green carbonate, and quartz veins hosted by sediments. Arsenopyrite is absent from the sulfide mineral assemblage in this area whereas it is common elsewhere along the Pipestone Fault Zone, the Munro (Middle Branch of the Porcupine-Destor) Fault Zone and, further to the east, along the PDFZ (e.g. in the Harker-Holloway area). Tourmaline bearing quartz-(carbonate) veins here appear to be preferentially associated with albitite (as indicated in the Goldex diamond drill logs in the assessment files).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 1500 | 122 |
Date: Jan 10, 1997
Geologist: R Degagne
Notes: The presence in the area of visible gold (both fine grained and coarse grained visible gold have been noted (Goldex diamond drill hole 84-5)) and a lack of correlation between the presence of megascopic free gold and accordingly anomalously elevated assay values reflecting its presence (as indicated in the Goldex logs) indicate that total metallic analytical procedures (or similar analytical procedures designed to deal with the coarse gold problem) should be utilized here to obtain representative gold assays.
Core - Resident Geologist core files DCL-KL-1974, DCL-KL-1975, DCL-KL-1976, DCL-KL-1977
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP
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 - Lithostratigraphic map of the Abitibi subprovince
Publication Number: M2484 Scale: 1:500,000 Date: 1984
Author: Ontario Geological Survey, Ministere de l'Energie et des Ressources, Quebec
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Taylor Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF264 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Taylor Township
Publication Number: P0039 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Taylor Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80583 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
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: 19-24 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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Map - Precambrian Geology, Monteith Area
Publication Number: P3367 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1997
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Fluorapatite, Fenitization and Gold Enrichment in Sheeted Trondhjemites in PDFZ,, p.479-502
Publication Number: Vol 24 Date: 1987
Author: R.W. King, and R. Kerrich
Publisher Name: CJES
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP
Journal - Mineralogy & Petrology, Vol. 97, p.156-168
Publication Number: Vol. 97 Date: 1987
Author: R. Kerrich, et al
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP
MonoMap - Geology of the Monteith Area
Publication Number: OFR6024 Date: 2000
Author: Berger B.R.
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 - A gravity survey in the Iroquois Falls-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP137.074 Date: 1997
Author: Gupta V.K., Johnstone R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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