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Record: MDI52N04SW00027

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Dome

Latitude: 51° 6' 13.59"    Longitude: -93° 45' 47.54"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 446566   Northing: 5661642    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04SW

Point Location Description: AMIS File 03862

Location Method: Data Compilation

Exploration History

1946-1952: Diamond drilling was carried out on the Kaymac portion of the ground. It remained idle until 1958, when drilling recommenced. 1944: Kaymac Gold Mines Ltd. drilled holes KS-44-11 to KS-44-27. These holes may have been part of an option agreement made with McMarmac Mines Ltd.1946: Kaymac conducted geological and magnetometer surveys, and drilled holes K-46-28 to K-46-37. 1947: Kaymac drilled holes K-47-39 to K-47-48. 1948: Kaymac drilled holes K-48-49 to K-48-55, mainly around Kamac Point. 1950: Kaymac drilled holes K-50-56 to K50-65, mainly at Kaymac Point. 1951: Kaymac drilled holes K-51-66 to K-51-96, attempting to trace a granodiorite unit NE to the Abino claim boundary. 1958: Kaymac drilled holes K-58-97 to K-58-99 (3000 ft). 1959-1960: Abino Gold Mines - Mining plant and facilities installed and shaft sunk to 161.65 m on the adjacent Abino property. 3 levels to 161.65 m. 3 levels opened (61.0 m, 106.75 m, 152.5 m) and 864.68 m of lateral development completed as well as over 3000 m of underground drilling. 1974: Abino Gold Mines purchased the Kaymac Gold Mines Ltd. claims. 1975: 35 holes drilled totalling 5374.21 m, geophysical surveys and soil sampling for arsenic. 1976: 21 holes drilled totalling 4518.21 m. 1977: 3 holes drilled totalling 367.77 m. 1982: Abino amalgamated with 9 other companies to form Goldquest Explorations Ltd. 1983: decline completed and underground diamond drilling. 1985: Goldquest drilled 8 holes for a total of 1,510.9 m. The high-grade stockpile from 1983 decline program was milled. (133 tonnes at 10.2 g/t Au). 1986: Goldquest began 880-feet of underground drifting and crosscutting from the bottom of the Abino decline into the hanging wall side. 564.9 tonnes of 1.8 g/t Au drift much and another 254 tonnes from the 1983 decline development of 2.7 g/t materials was stockpiled on the Abino site. 1987: Goldquest drilled 16 holes. 1989: Chevron Minerals Canada Ltd took an option. 1990: Cheveron Minerals drilled 'EB' series surface holes. Trenching was also done. 1993: Goldcorp Inc drilled holes. 1994: Goldcorp Inc drilled holes AB-94-142 to 173. Chevron's reserves were discounted to a mineral inventory of 65,000 tons at a grade of 9.0 pt/ 1997: Goldquest Exploration was amalgamated into Goldcorp Inc. 2000: new lines were cut over portions of the previous grid for MMI survey. 2001: Goldcorp conducted a comprehensive exploration program. Included stripping, detailed mapping, MMI survey, line cutting, and diamond drilling. 34 holes totalling 15,964 m.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - This part of the Abino property is underlain by a large, sill-like granodiorite intrusion, which strikes NE-SW and is bounded by altered mafic metavolcanics on the northwest and talc-schist on the southeast. The intrusion is variable in composition and texture. Narrow lamprophyre dikes are common within the intrusive, and are usually parallel to planar structures. The rock is mineralized throughout with disseminated pyrite and/or pyrrhotite from 1% to 5%. The granodiorite has been highly fractured, with quartz veins infilling the fractures. These veins vary from a fraction of a centimetre to almost 1 metre in thickness, and are locally heavily mineralized with sulphides. The talc-schist, which bounds the granodiorite, is believed to be a highly sheared and altered ultramafic unit. The mafic metavolcanic rocks to the northwest of the intrusive are highly altered and deformed mafic flows.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The granodiorite intrusive is variable in composition and texture. It varies from granodiorite, quartz-diorite, to a more mafic diorite. The textures vary from equigranular to porphyritic.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The quartz porphyry intrusive is located approximately 90 m north west of the granodiorite zone, and has a parallel strike. The porphyry is well fractured, many of the fractures containing mineralized quartz stringers. The porphyry was intersected in one drill hole and has an uncorrected thickness of 67.8 m. The following gold values were obtained from core samples from the quartz porphyry: from 66.8 to 67.5 m - 0.16 opt Au; from 75.6 to 76.3 m - 0.06 opt Au; from 80.2 to 80.7 m - 0.34 opt Au; and from 84 to 84.6 m - 0.08 opt Au.

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The intrusive, where heavily fractured, has been sericitized and carbonatized. The mafic metavolcanics have been silicified and carbonatized, and are biotitic. The ultramafic unit have been altered to talc-serpentinite assemblages.

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Dome Township, Kenora District

Publication Number: M2074 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area

Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 181-182  Date: 1998

Author: Horwood H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of Dome Township, District of Kenora

Publication Number: R045 Page: 70-71  Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 210  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2

Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 163-168, 210  Date: 1987

Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Part - Geology of Balmer Township

Publication Number: ARV60-10 Page: 32-33  Date: 1997

Author: Chisholm E.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Township of Balmer, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario

Publication Number: M1951-03 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Chisholm E.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Red Lake

Publication Number: P3227 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1993

Author: Atkinson B.T., Stone D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Bateman Township, south half

Publication Number: P0040 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological series, Balmer Township, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P1976A Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1978

Author: Pirie J., Grant A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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