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| Record Name(s) | Band-Ore - 1946, Auband - 1944, Bandolac - 1987, Mud River - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1987-Mar-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Silver
Township or Area: Conacher
Latitude: 48° 37' 59.2" Longitude: -90° 6' 19.29"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 713260.71 Northing: 5390716.45 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B09NE, 52B09SE
Point Location Description: Trenches and Drill holes
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is available from Thunder Bay by Highway 17 and 11. The property is divided bu Highway 11 and there are several private roads providing easy access.
1936: Gold first reported on claims. 1940: Stripping and trenching on a shear zone. 1944: Auband Gold Mines drilled 17 D.D. holes totalling 9863 ft. 1945: Auband optioned the property to Freeport Exploration Company, who drilled 6 DDH then dropped the option. 1946: Band-Ore Gold Mines Ltd. acquired the property and drilled 68 D.D. holes totalling 11277m. 1951: Series of short holes drilled. 1972: 42 more claims staked adjacent to the 17 patented claims. 1974-75: Bonnacord Exploration Ltd. optioned the property and conducted a bulk sampling program and feasibility study 1980: Watts Griffis and McOuat report for the property. 1980-1982: Mattagami Lake Exploration drilled 36 holes totalling 6,170 m and conducted geophysical surveys including IP/Res, VLF, mag and HEM. 1982: Noranda Exploration Co Ltd. drilled 31 holes totalling 3,758 m, executed 18 trenches and carried out humus and soil geochemistry. 1995: Band-Ore drilled 1 hole totalling 213 m. 2003: Staccato drilled 7 holes totalling 1,848 m and did IP/Res testing and resampling of some trenches. 2006: Band-Ore Resources & Sydney Resource Corp amalgamated to form West Timmins Mining Corp. 2011: Property acquired by Golden Share Mining Corp. from Lake Shore Gold, 15-hole DDH program totalling 3075 m was drilled on the eastern extension of the JF West zone and on the Band Ore Main target. 2012: 8-hole DDH program totalling 1203 m to test additional IP anomalies identified during the 2011 geophysical survey. 2021: E2Gold Inc. optioned the property. 2022: E2Gold drilled 7 DDH totalling 1002 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| W9540-00294 | 52B09NE0002 | 52B09NE0002 |
| 63.36 | 52B09NE0053 | 52B09NE0053 |
| 2.51118 | 20000006731 | 20000006731 |
| 2.51101 | 20000006704 | 20000006704 |
| 2.26332 | 52B09NE2009 | 52B09NE2009 |
| 2.28735 | 52B09NE2010 | 52B09NE2010 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Host | ||
| Gabbro | 3 | Adjacent |
May 19, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - The general geology of the Band-Ore Prospect consists of predominantly intermediate to mafic metavolcanics that have been intruded by mafic sills (coarse flows) and porphyritic felsic rocks. The metavolcanics consist of interbedded flows and pyroclastic rocks. The flows consist of a massive basal portion through a pillowed sequence, to an upper section of hyaloclastite (aquagene breccia) and pillow breccia. Slump breccias appear associated with the pillowed flows. Overlying the flow units are up to 1,000 metres of predominantly mafic pyroclastic rocks (Morin, 1973), comprised of fine-grained tuff, lapilli tuff and tuff breccia. Felsic metavolcanic units occur intercalated with the mafic flows and pyroclastic rocks. Feldspar-quartz, quartz and feldspar porphyry dikes, sills and stocks intrude the metavolcanics. The sills are oriented subparallel to both the stratigraphy and foliation. The porphyry units are related to either the Shebandowan Lake Stock or to the felsic metavolcanics as near surface (sub-layer) intrusions. Gabbro sills and/or coarse-grained mafic metavolcanic flows occur intruding and intercalated with the metavolcanic sequence. The Shebandowan Lake Stock is composed of quartz-diorite in the Band-Ore Prospect area. Shear zones are well developed in all rock types, however, shearing, carbonatization and silicification is most intense near the contacts of the stock. The metavolcanic rocks display a well developed southeast schistosity, subparallel to both the Crayfish Creek and Postans Faults (Schnieders and Dutka, 1985).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
May 19, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - The 1944 drill program by Auband Gold Mines intersected gold-bearing shear zones in feldspar porphyry. In one hole, a shear zone contained quartz stringers with pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and gold. Gold appears to be associated with chalcopyrite. One core sample assayed 0.3 oz/t Au (10.28 g/t Au). The intersected shear zones vary in width from 2.5 to 3 feet with an average assay of 0.10 oz/t Au (3.4 g/t Au). The drilling results from the 1945-46 program by Freeport Exploration indicated that the shear zones are probably narrow. Assays from this program included 0.18 oz/t Au over 3.8 ft, 0.24 oz/t Au over 3.4 ft, 0.06 oz/t Au over 1 ft, and 0.23 oz/t Au over 4.7 ft. Surface geology consists of intermediate metavolcanics and gabbro. Shearing is present in all rock types, but is especially well-developed in the feldspar porphyry. Shear zones in the porphyry are silicified. (Morin, 1973). Drilling results from the 2011 drill program include 1.7 g/t Au over 10.8 m, 2.8 g/t Au over 5.5 m, 18.27 g/t over 2.7 m, and 17.85 g/t Au over 2.7m (http://www.goldenshare.ca/#!shebandowan/e8uf9). DDH BO-22-01 returned 13.4 g/t Au over 0.5 m from 80.5 m depth and 34.0 g/t Au over 0.5 mm from 168.0 m depth. DDH BO-22-03 returned 8.69 g/t Au over 1.5 m (E2Gold Inc. news release January 16, 2023).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Band Ore Main Zone | 1980 | Unclassified | 705786 | OFR5539, p. 109 | Historic, non-NI 43-101 compliant resource of 778,000 tons at 0.20 oz/ t Au (705,786 tonnes at 6.86 g/t Au) for 155,600 oz Au | Gold 6.86 Grams per Tonne |
Map - Gold Grains in Till, Western Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: P3417 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1999
Author: Bajc A.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Band-Ore Property, Northwestern Ontario, NI 43-101 Technical Report
Publication Number: 2021 NI 43-101 Date: 2021
Author: Trinder, I.
Publisher Name: Golden Share Resources Corp.
Location: SEDAR
Map - Lower Shebandowan Lake, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2267 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1973
Author: Morin J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Lakehead-Shebandowan sheet, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0177 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G., Fenwick K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Conacher Township and area north, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0709 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Morin J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey
Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 105-111 Date: 1985
Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Hagey and Conacher townships, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: OFR5074 Page: 43-44 Date: 1997
Author: Morin J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Lower Shebandowan Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R110 Page: 35-36 Date: 1973
Author: Morin J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Province of Ontario, Thunder Bay District, Lake Shebandowan sheet
Publication Number: ARM06B Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1998
Author: McInnes W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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