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| Record Name(s) | Pominex Zone - 1984, Ovd AQ-81-10 - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2002-Jul-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Macklem
Latitude: 48° 32' 3.05" Longitude: -80° 50' 9.1"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 512117 Northing: 5375688 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A10SW
Point Location Description: Approximate center of the East Zone
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access is gained via Gibson Lake road that leads South off of Highway 101.
1979-92 Asarco Exploration Company of Canada- OVD-77-11 520 ft., DD-20-6270m, ground geophysics. 1983-84: Pominex Ltd. - mapping, DD-14-3347 m. 1987: Noranda Exploration Company Limited: DD-4-1267 m, ground geophysics. 1995: Echo Bay Mines Ltd. property acquisition. 2003: Echo Bay Mines Ltd./Kinross Gold Corporation - DD-20-4191m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1959/2.4684 | 42A10SW0079 | 42A10SW0079 |
| T-1959/ 2.4685 | 42A10SW0019 | 42A10SW0019 |
| T-1959/2.5957 | 42A10SW0225 | 42A10SW0225 |
| T-1959/2.3092 | 42A10SW0249 | 42A10SW0249 |
| T-1959/ 2.3510 | 42A10SW0247 | 42A10SW0247 |
| T-1959/ 2.3608 | 42A10SW0022 | 42A10SW0022 |
| T-1959/ OM92-013 | 42A10SW2001 | 42A10SW2001 |
| T-4883/ 2.26456 | 42A10SW2032 | 42A10SW2032 |
| T-4906/2.26428 | 42A10SW2033 | 42A10SW2033 |
| T-3035 / OM87-5L-252 | 42A10SE0058 | 42A10SE0058 |
| T-3081/ 63.4383/ OM83-5C-246 | 42A10SW0285 | 42A10SW0285 |
| T-1959/2.4479 | 42A10SW0242 | 42A10SW0242 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The Pominex Deposit is contained within a felsic feldspar porphyry dike along the contact of mafic metavolcanic rock to the south and ultramafic rocks to the north. The dike is about 60 m wide, strikes 080/70S The dike has sharp contacts and contains inclusions of pillow lava. The dike is sub parallel to the Gold Island - Aquarius fault located about 100 m to the north.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Serpentinized | Footwall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 2 | Felsic - Felspar Phenocrysts | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Basalt | Pillowed And Massive Flows | Hanging Wall |
Jun 25, 2013 (G Seim) - The felsic feldspar porphyry is light-grey to green, very hard and consists of an aphanitic groundmass with scattered feldspar phenocrysts. Hydrothermal alteration locally bleaches out the phenocrysts.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Strong | Replacement | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Medium | Replacement |
Jun 25, 2013 (G Seim) - A gold-bearing felsic feldspar porphyry about 60 m wide strikes 080º and has been traced for about 2 km. Significant gold values were intersected in drilling over a length of 1600 m length of the dike centred south of Homestead Lake. The central main zone of gold mineralization ranges between 8 and 15 m in width with parallel subsidiary zones. Better gold concentrations were intersected below the 175 m level. Typically, the core of the main gold zone is silicified, white in colour, fractured and contains about 10 percent quartz stringers and 1 percent partially oxidized pyrite. The mian zone is haloed by partially silicified, less fractured, grey-green porphyry containing only traces of disseminated pyrite.
Jun 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - Typical assays ranged from 0.002 oz/t Au over 5 feet to 0.008 oz/t Au over 5 feet. Anomalous values of 1.8 oz/t Au over 1.2 ft were obtained from DAQ80-2. Assays from the 2003 diamond drilling program completed by Kinross returned values ranging from 1.05 g/t Au over 1 m to 6.62 g/t Au over 1 m in P-03-15.
Date: Aug 23, 2002
Geologist: G Seim
Notes: Some drill core from the Pominex Ltd. drilling is stored at the Timmins outdoor core storage facility. The Pominex Deposit does not outcrop. Diamond drill core from hole 84-17 was examined on July 31/02. This hole was drilled from the hanging wall mafic metavolcanic rocks through the felsic feldspar porphyry and then into the footwall ultramafic rocks. Toward the contact with the porphyry, the mafic metavolcanic rocks becomes silicified and less calcitic. Pillow selvedges are noted to contain clots of pyrite, epidote, carbonate and minor purple quartz. Silicification increases toward the contact and is evidenced by - candy striping - of the drill core. The entire intersection of feldspar porphyry was split and assayed, but the assays were never filed with the drill logs. The description of porphyry as noted in the drill log is accurate, but visible gold noted in 2 sections could not be relocated. The top of the porphyry is grey-green in colour, moderately silicified, fractured and contains 1 percent fine, disseminated, euhedral pyrite. The - main zone - of gold mineralization is grey to white in colour, intensely silicified, intensely fractured, but does not contain an appreciably greater concentration of disseminated pyrite. Locally quartz veining comprises more than 50 percent or the rock over a 1.5 m interval. Below the - main zone - the porphyry becomes increasingly less altered and fractured and contains only traces of pyrite.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Zone | 1992 | Unclassified | 1700000 | 1:10,000 plan submitted with OM92-13 in T-1959 | 1.7million tons at 0.047 oz/t gold to a depth of 200 m | Gold 0.047 Ounce per Ton |
| West Zone | 1992 | Unclassified | 4400000 | 1:10,000 plan submitted with OM92-13 in T-1959 | 4.4 million tons at 0.034 oz/t gold to a depth of 200 m | Gold 0.034 Ounce per Ton |
| Total Zone | 1992 | Unclassified | 10100000 | 1:20,000 plan submitted with OM92-13 in T-1959 | 10.1 milliion tonnes at 0.043 oz/t gold to a depth of 200 m | Gold 0.043 Ounce per Ton |
| East Zone | 1992 | Unclassified | 4000000 | 1:10,000 plan submitted with OM92-13 in T-1959 | 4.0 million tonnes at 0.50 oz/t gold to a depth of 200 m | Gold 0.50 Ounce per Ton |
Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1989
Publication Number: MP147.012 Page: 244 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Ireland J.C., Hamblin C.D., Bradshaw M.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Timmins Resident Geologist area, Northern Region
Publication Number: MP122.005 Page: 159 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 253 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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MonoMap - Geology of the Night Hawk Lake area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R096 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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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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Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1988
Publication Number: MP142.012 Page: 246 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Draper D.M., Ireland J.C., Bradshaw M.P., Hamblin C.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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