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| Record Name(s) | Abino - 1979, Abino Gold Mines - Shaft Zone - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1979-Jul-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Bateman, Balmer, Dome
Latitude: 51° 6' 23.57" Longitude: -93° 45' 31.22"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 446886.66 Northing: 5661947.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Shaft in Claim KRL 9709 on map 2016, in southwest corner of Bateman Tp
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Road from McMarmac townsite (part of Cochenour townsite now amalgamated with Town of Red Lake).
Abino Gold Mines incorporated in 1939. 1945: Trenching and drilled 13 holes totalling 439.81 m. 1946: Geological and magnetometer surveys, and 20 drill holes totalling 4385.29 m. 1959: 7 drill holes (depths unknown). 1959-1960: Mining plant and facilities installed and shaft sunk to 161.65 m. 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. 1975: 35 holes drilled totalling 5374.21 m. 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: Chevron 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, including stripping, detailed mapping, MMI survey, line cutting, and diamond drilling. 34 holes totalling 15,964 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| DOMG 219 / 2.26572 | 52N04SW2064 | 52N04SW2064 |
| 63.3575 | 52N04NE9929 | 52N04NE9929 |
| 63.3421 | 52N04SE0008 | 52N04SE0008 |
| 26 | 52N04SW0094 | 52N04SW0094 |
| 63.3372 | 52N04SE0010 | 52N04SE0010 |
| 63.27A | 52N04SE0016 | 52N04SE0016 |
| 63.3387 | 52N04SE0009 | 52N04SE0009 |
| 63.3291 | 52N04SE0011 | 52N04SE0011 |
| 63.4064 | 52N04SE0004 | 52N04SE0004 |
| 63.3483 | 52N04SE0007 | 52N04SE0007 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - SHAFT ZONE: Pillowed lava is the most abundant rock type encountered in the underground workings. The mafic flows have been variably carbonatized, chloritized, and contain abundant biotite. Garnets are present close to the contacts of quartz carbonate veinlets. A bed of poorly banded chert-sulphide iron formation is present as discontinuous lenses within 15 m of the contact between the pillowed flows and talcose rocks to the east. The talc-carbonate schist, east of the metavolcanics is approximately 90 m thick, and contains a lenticular block of mafic volcanics up to 12 m wide. Two generations of porphyry dikes have been observed in the underground workings. The older dikes are called waxy porphyry, and the younger dikes are quartz feldspar porphyry. Narrow dikes of lamprophyre cut all rock types and the auriferous quartz veins. Mineralization occurs in quartz stringers in a zone of altered and sheared mafic flows.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic pillowed flow | 1 | Basalt | Pillowed Flows | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granodiorite | 2 | Contains | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Stringers/Veinlets | Host |
| Ultramafic Schist | 4 | Talc Carbonate | Possibly Sheared Basalts | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic volcanics consist of pillowed flows and are variably altered. The iron formation consists of chert, pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite, and forms discontinuous lenses which are close to the contact of the mafic volcanics with the talcose schist. The older porphyry dikes are comprised of quartz and sericite , and are called locally 'waxy porphyry'. The younger porphyry dikes are less altered and contain phenocrysts of quartz and feldspar.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Mar 08, 2012 (K R Kettles) - SHAFT ZONE WEST: The most westerly zone is best developed on the 61 m level. It consists of narrow quartz stringers in a 15 to 36 cm zone of brownish silicification. It has a possible length of 60 m and persists down to the 152.5 m level. The zone contains only a few scattered gold values, best assay being 1.0 opt Au/0.3 m. SHAFT ZONE MIDDLE: This zone is comprised of sheared and altered mafic volcanics, and is about 30 m west of the talc and carbonate schist. The zone is about 12 m wide and 76 m long. Gold mineralization occurs in quartz veins and stringers in this zone. The best vein is a weakly mineralized quartz vein, 10 to 30 cm wide, and has been traced for 15 m in a N-S direction. Very erratic and scattered gold values occur in this zone, best is 1.3 opt Au/0.55 m. SHAFT ZONE EAST: The east zone is situated in silicified basalts within talc-carbonate schist. It is 120 m in length, and open to the north. Width varies from 3 to 12 m. The zone consists of quartz veinlets in silicified and bioititic rich mafic volcanics. The quartz veinlets are mineralized with pyrite and locally arsenopyrite. This zone contains uniformly low gold values. With the exception of 3 samples, values ranged from 0.02 to 0.15 opt Au. The 3 best assays are : 0.76 opt Au/1.07 m; 0.84 opt Au/0.92 m, and 0.32 opt Au/1.22 m.2001: Intersections obtained from multiple drill holes: 7.09 g/t Au over 2.1 m, 5.56 g/t over 1.6 m. 10.41 g/t over 1.72 m,
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The metavolcanics have been silicified, carbonatized, and are biotitic. The ultramafic units have been altered to talc-serpentinite assemblages.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Granodiorite Zone | 1976 | Unclassified | 367560 | Red Lake Assessment Files Bateman Tp Meap RL-46; OFR 6180, Table 14 | 6.96 g/t Au - (drill indicated tonnage 405 162 tons of 0.203 opt Au from 3 subzones) | Gold 6.96 g/t |
Map - Bateman Township, southern part, District of Kenora, Ontario
Publication Number: M2016 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1977-78
Publication Number: CMH 1977 Page: 17 Date: 1977
Author: Canadian Mines Handbook
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
Book - Northern Miner 76-07-15, Abino Gold, p. 28
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1976
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Red Lake RGP
MonoMap - Geology of the south half of Bateman Township, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R006 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 193 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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
Location:
Part - Geology of Balmer Township
Publication Number: ARV60-10 Page: 32-33 Date: 1997
Author: Chisholm E.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - THE 1976 EXPLORATION PROGRAM ABINO GOLD MINES LTD. MEAP RL-76
Publication Number: MEAP RL-76 Date: 1976
Author: McClean, P.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP Assessment Files
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
Location:
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
Location:
Map - Bateman Township, south half
Publication Number: P0040 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
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