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| Record Name(s) | Goldhawk - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Oct-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Cody
Latitude: 48° 30' 13.2" Longitude: -80° 56' 43.76"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 504026.597 Northing: 5372284.484 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A10SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1907 Victor Manson and Harry Benella make first bona fide discovery of gold in the Porcupine Area. They discovered visible gold in quartz veins cutting red aplite and rusty carbonatized rock on Gold Island in Nighthawk Lake. 1907 - 1908 50 ft. shaft sunk and small mill erected. A second shaft is noted on several maps in T-48, but the date and depth of the shaft is not known. 1919 Mr. Campbell and Mr. Fairburn completed a 50 ft. shaft on Bald Isand to the S of Gold Island and cross cut N for 50 ft. 1921-22 Night Hawk Peninsular Mines Ltd. completed 3956 ft. of diamond drilling in 20 holes. 1930 J.G. Cameron option the Gold Island Claims and shipped 2 tons of aplitic material from 2 different dikes to the Mines Branch in Ottawa for testing. 1934-35 Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. option the claims and completed a 180 ft. shaft on the south eastern tip of Nighthawk pennisula. 1940-44 Approximately 23 hole drilled by Lakefield Porcupine Mines Ltd. 1945-50 Goldhawk Porcupine Mines Ltd. dewatered the Hollinger no.1 shaft and completed 13 ft. opf crosscutting on the 170 ft. level. The Goldhawk shaft was sunke to a depth of 641 ft. with levels established at the 225, 350, 475 and 600 ft. 2438 ft. of drifitng, 1563 ft. of crosscutting 27195 ft. of surface and underground diamond drilling and a 636 ton bulk sample were completed. The bulk sample was processed at the Broulan Reef mill and in 1947 and yielded 53 ounces of gold. 1973 Property acquired by Pamour Inc. 1980 Pamour Inc. Open pit developed on main land 1960-61 McWatters Gold mines Ltd. drilled 17 holes on the Gold Island Claims. At least 2 drill holes were collared on Gold Island.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1573, 63.4921 | 42A11SE8407 | 42A11SE8407 |
| 38, T-1573 | 42A07NW8463 | 42A07NW8463 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Contains | ||
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDHAWK | 1988 | Unclassified | 13608 | RES.GEOL. AF T-48, T1573 | YEAR 1986; 15000 TONS AU @ 0.10 OZ / TON | Gold 3.43 NA |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 40000 |
Gold 3967 Ounces |
OFR5990. p.11 | Grade of 0.10 oz/ton Au |
| 1947 | 636 |
Gold 53 Ounces |
OFR5990, p.11 | Grade of 0.08 oz/ton Au |
File - Resident Geologist file T-48
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Night Hawk Lake area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2222 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-232 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Part - Night Hawk Lake gold area
Publication Number: ARV33-03.002 Page: 33-35 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - German-Currie area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: ARV40-03.001 Page: 20-21 Date: 1998
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area
Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 32 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1947
Publication Number: ARV57-02 Page: 32 Date: 1997
Author: Mines Inspection Branch
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Night Hawk Lake area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R096 Page: 41-42 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 21-52 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 245 Date: 1996
Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Precambrian Geology, Gold Mineralization in the Northern Night Hawk Lake Area of the Abitibi Belt
Publication Number: OFM0201 Scale: 1:250 Date: 1992
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Summary of field work and other activities, 1992
Publication Number: MP160 Page: 64-68 Date: 1992
Author: Dressler B.O., Baker C.L., Blackwell B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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