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| Record Name(s) | Shoot Zone Deposit - 1984, St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. - 1984, Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. - 1947, Labrador Mining and Exploration Ltd. - 1984, Esso Minerals Canada - 1972, Labmin Resources Ltd. - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Taylor
Latitude: 48° 33' 51.35" Longitude: -80° 38' 19.18"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 526659 Northing: 5379082 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A10SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: A point 3.01 km north and 3.04 km east of the southwest corner of Taylor Township. The auriferous Shoot Zone deposit is located within the northeast quarter of the north half of lot 9, concession 2, Taylor Township. Access to the (glacial drift covered) deposit area is via an all weather east trending road located on the Taylor Township concession 2/3 common boundary.
1947: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. is reported to have fence diamond drilled along the PDFZ in the area. 1962-1964: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines: DD-52-45,072 ft. 1970-1975: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines and subsequent Hollinger Mines Ltd. are reported to have diamond. drilled in the area and in 1972 to have interests within lot 9, conc. II, Taylor Twp. Quebec Sturgeon River Mines Ltd. acquired claims in the area via staking, option, and purchase; DD-41-19,857 ft., assays 1979-1981: Hollinger Argus Ltd. optioned claims in the area, including those comprising lot 9, conc. 2, Taylor Twp., to Esso Minerals Canada; diamond drilling. 1983: Hollinger Argus Ltd. had acquired interest in claims in Taylor Twp., including those comprising lot 9, conc. 2. St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. was formed as a subsidiary of Quebec Sturgeon River Mines Ltd. to acquire, explore, and develop claims in the Stock/Taylor Twp. area.1984: St. Andrew Goldfields optioned claims from Labmin Resources. Ltd. 1986: St. Andrew Goldfields purchased from Labmin Resources its interest in claims in the Taylor Twp. area, including those comprising lot 9, Conc. 2. Drill defined reserves at the Shoot Zone deposit were reported to be 1.09 million tons of material averaging 0.126 oz. Au/ton including 400,000 tons of material averaging 0.158 oz. Au/ton. 1987: St. Andrew Goldfields/Esso Minerals Canada dia. drilled 6,683 ft. 1988: By February, St. Andrew Goldfields had earned a 75% int. in the deposit. St. Andrew Goldfields and/or Esso Minerals Canada diamond drilled 13,629ft.. By June, drill defined reserves of 1.743 million tons of material averaging 0.13 oz. Au/ton had been rpt. 1997: St. Andrew Goldfields : DD-2-1242.6 m., assays.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-1158/18 | 42A10SE0032 | 42A10SE0032 |
| KL-1158/17 | 42A10SE0033 | 42A10SE0033 |
| KL-1158/2.4800 | 42A10SE8865 | 42A10SE8865 |
| KL-4765/2.20203 | 42A10SE2012 | 42A10SE2012 |
| KL-4766/2.20306 | 42A10SE2015 | 42A10SE2015 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - Geological mapping indicates that bedrock in the deposit area is completely glacial drift and/or glaciolacustrine deposit covered. The Shoot Zone deposit is within or marginal to the (PDFZ), a regional scale basement struct. and/or stratigraphic discontinuity which is characterized by the presence of lithologically distinct fault/shear bounded blocks of variably altered, weakly metamorphosed volcanic rocks, clastic sediments, and alkalic igneous rocks. The PDFZ in west Taylor Twp strikes about 080º, dips steeply south, and is spatially associated with a lithologic contact which bounds east striking, steeply dipping, and south facing, subaqueously deposited tholeiitic and komatiitic volcanic and interflow sedimentary rocks of the(Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group (to the south) from generally east striking, steeply dipping, and north facing turbiditic sediments and intercalated volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Porcupine Group to the north. Regional metamorphic grade in the area is greenschist or lower, except marginal to felsic intrusive bodies, where amphibolite grade contact metamorphic aureoles may be developed. Intrusive rocks in the area include a wide variety of felsic dike and sill-like bodies, ubiquitous narrow (generally tens of metres in width)generally north striking diabase dikes of the Matachewan swarm, and lamprophyre dikes. A recent geophysical survey of Taylor Township failed to detect any anomalous bedrock conductors which coincide with the deposit.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Graphitic, Clastic Sediments | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Sericite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Talc | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 8 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Medium | Network |
Dec 03, 2015 (C Salo) - The Shoot Zone deposit is located on land that has been patented for many years. Very little information pertaining to the deposit has been filed at the Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist's Office. R. Shegelski (geologist, Esso Minerals Canada, pers. comm., 1987) reported that the deposit is hosted by a fault/shear bounded flock of moderately south dipping fine grained and variably graphitic clastic sediments within the PDFZ. Within this clastic sedimentary wedge, south southwest trending and south southeast plunging shattered sericitic, ankeritic, and variably pyritic shoots are reported to host an anastomosing network of shattered 1-3 m wide visible (coarse grained native) gold bearing quartz veins. Hollinger DDH T4-121-73 returned an average assay of 0.379 oz./t Au over 55 ft.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Shoot Zone | 2006 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 2006 | CMH 2005-2006, p.360-361; St Andrew Goldfields Annual Report 2005, p.6 | Inferred 106 000 t @ 5.2 g/t Au | Gold 5.2 g/t |
| Shoot Zone | 2006 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 670000 | CMH 2005-2006, p.360-361; St Andrew Goldfields Annual Report 2005, p.6 | 670 000 t @ 5.5 g/t Au | Gold 5.5 g/t |
| Shoot Zone | 2003 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 106000 | St Andrew Goldfields Press Release November 26, 2003 | inferred mineral resource (NI 43-101); 17000 ounces | Gold 5.2 g/t |
| Shoot Zone | 2003 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 670000 | St Andrew Goldfields Annual Report 2003 | indicated mineral resource (NI 43-101); 118000 ounces | Gold 5.5 g/t |
| Shoot Zone | 2000 | Unclassified | 775642 | St Andrew Goldfields 2000 Annual Report | 135,000 ounces | Gold 0.16 oz/T |
| Shoot Zone | 1989 | Unclassified | 568689 | Northern Miner, April 3, 1989 | Gold 5.14 g/t | |
| Shoot Zone | 1986 | Unclassified | 988831 | Northern Miner, April 3, 1989 | Gold 0.126 oz/T |
File - Resident Geologist files KL-3569, KL-3570, KL-3571
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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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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:
Book - Northern Miner 89-04-03 Reserves
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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
Location:
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
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Kirkland Lake District
Publication Number: MP057.002 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Taylor Township
Publication Number: P0039 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
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 - Precambrian Geology, Monteith Area
Publication Number: P3367 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1997
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 - 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 - 1974 report of the Northern Regional Geologist and Timmins Resident Geologist
Publication Number: MP060.005 Page: 99-122 Date: 1997
Author: Karvinen W.O., Hunt D.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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:
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Monteith Area
Publication Number: OFR6024 Page: 43 Date: 2000
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
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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