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DATA FILED WITH THE VERYFREQUENCYLOW INDUCEDPOLARIZATION EPT,MISC.RCORESPOND- OTHERGEOPHYSICAL WORKUNDERGROUND RESIDENT GEOLOGIST DIAMONDDRILLING HORIZONTALLOOP ANDPROSPECTUSES MAGNETOMETER MAGNETOMETER -j VERTICALLOOP Ministry of Hon. James A.C. Auld ONTARIO MINISTRY O ELECTROMAG. ELECTROMAG. (j Minister O o Z ELECTROMAG ELECTROMAG METAL AND MINERAL REFERENCES AIRBORNE AIRBORNE 5 OF NATURAL RESOURCES o r GROUND SURVEYS LU V) Natural o CJ I rr Dr. J. K. Reynolds z O LU Resources Deputy Minister o LU o T Ag ...... Silver mag ...... Magnetite c To January 1 979 LU ac UJ 0 h- O O asb ...... Asbestos mar...... Marcasite Ontario asp ...... Arsenopyrite mo ...... Molybdenite 1 Beaverhouse Lake Gold Mines Ltd. 37, 50* 37, 39, Au ...... Gold Ni...... Nickel o 51* ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (also Argonaut Consolidated Mines 39, 38, 61, bn ...... Bornite Pb ...... Lead 61* 39, 64, Ltd.; Lake Beaverhouse Mines Ltd.; 50, *. Co ...... Cobalt PRELIMINARY MAP R2004 Upper Beaver Mines Ltd.) 59, 65 61, 65. pent ...... Pentlandite 64 65 66, cp...... Chalcopyrite po ...... Pyrrhotite DATA SERIES 68 Cr...... Chromium Pt...... Platinum 48* Cu ...... Copper py ...... Pyrite 2 Bird, S.J. - - ep...... Epidote qcv ...... Quartz-carbonate vein 3 Biroco Kirkland Mines Ltd. 50 44, GAUTHIER TOWNSHIP 45, Fe ...... Iron qv...... Quartz vein 46, fi ...... Fluorite serp ...... Serpentine DISTRICT OF TIMISKAMING 49, gf ...... Graphite sp...... Sphalerite 50 L - - -- -S7 gn...... Galena spec ...... Specularite Scale: 1:15840 4 Brennan, T.J.; Joy, W.C.; and gt...... Garnet talc...... Talc Harris, A. E. hem ...... Hematite tour ...... Tourmaline Mil* Y* Mile 37* *- 5 Brock Gold Mines Ltd. Hg ...... Mercury Zn ...... Zinc i Kilometre 78 77 77 78 Metre* 100__O 0.2 0.4 0.6 6 Casan Mines Ltd. - ) ~ Victoria -* H *JT~ 34,3 7 Crystal Kirkland M ines Ltd. - - -- Custance, J. R. 74 NTS Reference: 32D/4W Daigle-Cooper Mines Ltd. - - r 45 ODM-GSC Aeromagnetic Map 47G -- 69*^ Lake ODM Geological Compilation Series Map: 2205 10 Diamond Geophysical Inc. 69 -- . ..- _ . 11 Diamond Pancake Lakes Property -- 69 58* OMNR-OGS1979 .11 Donaldson, E.T. - SYMBOLS 13 Duffett Claims 49 \" Parts of this publication may be quoted if credit is qiven and the material is proper 41 41* l4 Eastward Mines Limited 51* - ly referenced. 15 Erin Kirkland Mines Ltd. Shaft; depth in feet (for Ground electromagnetic 40* 16 Fork Lake Gold Mines Ltd. which there is underground conductors: Rock types indicated in drill hole geology are in numerical sequence only and do 17 Fraser, D. R. 77 information available). VEM...... vertical loop 3 DH not represent abundance or stratigraphic order. -- vg ov 31© 70-t 7 HEM. . . . horizontal loop 18 Gudrie, T. - - . Drill hole (projected verti VLF . .very low frequency avg TD 252© 19 Haas-Warner Mines Ltd. 77 cally); overburden in feet JEM ...... crone EM-16 67 67 67 67 1 20 International Mine Services Ltd. t- down hole (ov 80); total TURAM py,cp,qcv 21 International Nickel Company of 77 76,7 j 77 77 depth in feet down hole Canada Ltd. - - - (tD 204). Ground magnetometer 22 Kelkirk Mines Ltd. 59* 59 60* anomaly -- Group of drill holes; prop 23 Kelsina Kirkland Gold Mines Ltd. 50 ... - - -- erty number 27; average Airborne magnetometer 7 DH 24 Kent Lake Gold Mines Ltd. 44 (avg). anomaly avg ov 18© 25 Kirkland Consolidated Gold Mines 36 32 Ltd. avg TD 309© Radiometric anomaly 50 36 D H ^ 26 Kirkland Diorite Gold Mines Ltd. 46 1.8 - : . - ©©4DH avg ov 3O© 27 Kirkland Larder Mines Ltd. 49* 50 Airborne radiometric py,cp,mo,Au, 50* Airborne electromagnetic avg ov 10 avg TD 305© mag, hem, qcv r-- --- anomaly TRENCHING 28 Kokotow, A. 54 conductors: avg TD 192© - - Dig ...... Dighem 29 Labine, M. 76 Resistivity anomaly 3 - - - IN ...... INPUT 30 Lacasse, L. and MacGregor, R. J. 76 76 78 76 CA ...... Canadian Aero 49* Gravity anomaly 31 Lardon Gold Mines Ltd. 49 - Mineral Surveys Lower Canada Mines Ltd. Se...... Scintrex 32 - 47 Induced polarization 33 MacGregor, R. J. 75 76,7 3 78 A ...... Aerophysics of Canada Ltd. conductor 34 Mary Ann Mines Ltd. 47 44* 47 50* H ...... Hunting l-. B ...... Barringer Geochemical anomaly (Zn) 35 Mayfair Mines Ltd. 75 75.7 5 74 --- Gx ...... Geoterrex 36 McCullough, E.W. 72,7 3 - ov 6© 37 Meurer, C. L. (Sylvanite Misc. File) :, 36 TD 303© 38 Norart Uranium and Gold Mines Ltd. 54 - 3c,8 39 Northland Mines (1940) Ltd. 49 44* ? 23, qcv 45* 28, py,cp,gn,qcv INDEX MAP Scale: 1:1 013 760 49* 45 50* Kirkland Lake Data Series maps published 40 Olivet Gold Mines Ltd. 38* SOURCES OF INFORMATION in this area 39* 44* TD 780©/ ^ O avg ov 59© 45* Compiled by F. Ploeger and G. Grabowski, 1978, from data on file at Resident 8 f/ avg TD 483© 32* ov 34© ^ 41 Oriole Mines Ltd. 34 36 Geologist©s office, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Kirkland Lake. 6 TD 100077 42 Queenston Gold Mines Ltd. 48 48* 48 77,7! py,cp,qcv location approximate ------Gold in Gauthier Township; Ontario Bureau of Mines Annual Report, Volume 26, 40* ov 6,7,8 l l s DH 43 Ritoria Mines Ltd. 40 40 1917, by A.G. Burrows. J. . - TD 928 py,hem,qcvr/ ov 125© avg ov O© avg TD 275© 447 Rosen, A. E. 60 - The Kirkland Lake and Swastika Gold Areas and Maisonville, Grenfell and Eby 7,8 a avg TD 64© 34) 3,8 LEGEND 45 Ryan, T. 45 Townships; Ontario Bureau of Mines Annual Report, Volume 23, 1914, part 2, by 10OO© TD 1275© py,cp,hem,qcv 3c hem, qcv 46. Satellite Metal Mines Ltd. 68 68 A.G. Burrows, and P.E. Hopkins. 6,8 py,qcv MESOZOIC 47. Sciminex Ltd. 72 Lebel and Gauthier Townships (Area between Kirkland Lake and Larder Lake); TRENCHING 17 Kimberlite 48. Scott Chibougamau Mines Limited 40 y -. Ontario Department of Mines Annual Report, Volume 32, 1923, part 4, by P.E. Hopkins. 49. Solomino Gold Mines Limited - 63 62 INTRUSIVE CONTACT 50, Taylor, T. C. 64, 66 Argonaut Gold Mine, Gauthier and Mcvittie Townships; Ontario Department of PALEOZOIC 66, Mines Annual Report, Volume 29, 1920, part 3, by C.W. Knight. 68* LOWER AND MIDDLE SILURIAN 51. Tobico Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. 41* 44 Geology of Gauthier Township; Ontario Department of Mines Annual Report, 16a Clinton (Thornloe) Formation: limestone, dolostone, Volume 50, 1941, part 8, by J.E. Thomson, and AT. Griffis. 6 DH sandstone 52. Upper Canada Mines Ltd. 62 38, 38, 52, 63, ODM-GSC High Resolution Aeromagnetic Maps 20,131G; 20.132G; 20,137G; avg ov 94© 16 16b Wabi Formation: limestone, shale 3 DH 4 DH 53 67, and20,138G. Scale 1:25 000. 1975. avg TD 705© 2 DH 73 avg ov 83© 7,8,9 39,12 DH avg ov 44© MIDDLE AND UPPER ORDOVICIAN Base-map derived from the Forest Resources Inventory maps, Lands and Waters ov 90 avg ov 6 5© 53, Upper Canada Resources Ltd. 73 64, 64, 71 avg TD 1000©^ py,cp,bn,hem,qcv vg ov 12© avg T D 694© 15a Dawson Point Formation: shale (Upper Beaver Project) 66 65 Group, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. TD 530 avg TD 253 6,7 avg TD 730© 15b Farr Formation: limestone 54. Utah Larder Gold Mines Ltd. 38, 50 38, 38* This compilation project is part of the Kirkland Lake Area Incentives Program. 7 py,cp,gn,qcv 15c Bucke Formation: limestone, shale 50 50 46* 8 - . t It is equally funded by the Federal Department of Regional Economic Expansion py,qcv 15d Guigues Formation: sandstone 55. Victoria Creek Gold Mines Ltd. and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs under the Community and Rural 66 ------avg ov 45* UNCONFORMITY 56 Wadasa Gold Mines Ltd. 47 S7+ 37, Resource Development Agreement. avg TD 45, 3 DH l i\- - ~ - - - 46, This map is published with the permission of E.G. Pye, Director, Ontario Geo 6,7 avg ov 25© PRECAMBRIAN 49 py,cp,mag,qcy x/ logical Survey. avq TD 1392© LATE PRECAMBRIAN (PROTEROZOIC) 57. Wojcieszyn, P. 50 ARA 2 DH 6,7 MAFIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS9 2DH V3 avg ov T 14 Diabase dikes * Multiple diamond drill holes Metric Conversion Factor 1 foot 0.3048 m J 29 DH avg ov 94© avg TD 443© ** Heavy mineral sampling (placer avg ov 27© 4 INTRUSIVE CONTACT diamonds) avg TD 1156© 6,78 avg ov * Assays avg TD 636 7 avg TD MIDDLE PRECAMBRIAN (PROTEROZOIC) 678 14 DH PV,cp,qcv 6,7 ALKALIC INTRUSIVE ROCKSd Note: The numbers of the above list stand for the year when the work was done, e.g., 66 for 1966. On the ov unknown 13 Syenite, nepheline syenite, lamprophyre accompanying DATA LOCATION MAP, only areas for which work was submitted to the Division TD unknown py,cn 2 DHV55 are outlined; and thus, a company may hold more ground than indicated here. The numbers on the 6,7,89 tetrahedrite avg ov 13© MAFIC INTRUSIVE ROCKSf DATA LOCATION MAP and any circled numbers refer to the company above. avg TD 373© 12 Diabase, transition rock, and granophyre sheets and dikes ov 2© 6,7 INTRUSIVE CONTACT ,cp,gn,bn,mag,qcv 226© 2 DH COBALT GROUP avg ov 3© 11 Lorrain Formation: quartzite, arkose py,cp,giKsp, mo, avg TD 178© 10 Gowganda Formation (unsubdivided) m©ag, herrAqcv 10a Firstorook Member: argillite, siltstone, wacke, arkose 6,7 10b Coleman Member: conglomerate, wacke, quartzite, py, JP,m^ag. hem, asp, sg, arkose, argillite tetrahedrite UNCONFORMITY 2© 56j 9 DH EARLY PRECAMBRIAN (ARCHEAN) 11 ov Oov122© avg ov 27© MAFIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS6 avg ov 163© avg TD 200© avg TD 313© 9 9 Diabase dikes avg TD 171© 6,7 Oov 157© 51.. py,cp,qcv,Au 6 INTRUSIVE CONTACT 7 2V.DH py,po, cp, qcv 86©OOov197© 9 DH avg ov.53© ALKALIC INTRUSIVE ROCKSd ov unknown avg TD -481 8. Syenite, monzonite, lamprophyre©1 ov unknown 6,78.© TD unknown V ov 125© avg TD 693© INTRUSIVE CONTACT ©© avg ov 132© py,gn,gf,qcv .6,8,9 ALKALIC METAVOLCANICSb avg TD 928© Oov 192© ov 270© 7 Trachyte©, leucitic trachyte- flows, tuff, breccia x 2b,7,8 41 TD 1135© jjpy,cp,gn,hem,qcv TRENfCHING METASEDIMENTSJ 7 ov 246© 6 Conglomerate, wacke, siltstone, slate, argillite, iron py,qcv,Au ov126© formation*3 21 ov 186© 21 5 Wacke, siltstone, slate, iron formation 7ovDH TD 1343© avg ov 162© 8 ov DH 1,2,3,6,8 FELSIC INTRUSIVE ROCKSd - J avg TD 172© avg ov 155© 4 Granitic intrusive rocks 2b.7 avg TD 161© 4a Quartz porphyry, quartz-feldspar porphyry, feldspar 146© 2b porphyry, granophyre, felsite" 4b Tfbndhjemitergranodiorite, quartz monzonite: simple IP- batholiths and stocks" Oov 107 4c Trondhjemite, granodiorite, quartz monzonite, quartz diorite, aplite, pegmatite, migmatite: complex batholiths unknown INTRUSIVE CONTACT H TD 1187© unknown I2b,8 FELSIC M ETA VOLCANICS 3 -J py r cp,qcv 3 Unsubdivided 3a Iron formation (mag - chert; gf-py-po;green and brown dolostone) 21 3b Flows 70\TDH 3c Pyroclastic rocks avg ov 96© 21 . INTRUSIVE CONTACT avg TD 106© 5ov DH METAMORPHOSED MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIVE 2b avg ov 133© ROCKSC©J 3a? 2 Unsubdivided 5 DH 2a Gabbro, diorite avg ov 2b Peridotite, dunite, pyroxenite, serpentinite avg TD U 2DH 1,2a,8 INTRUSIVE CONTACT avg ov 7© PY,qcv INTERMEDIATE TO ULTRAMAFIC METAVOLCANICSa©J avg TD 503© 1 Unsubdivided dacite, andesite, and basalt 1,2,8 22 1a Intermediate flows py,cp H 1b Intermediate pyroclastic rocks avg ov 70© , 1c Mafic f lows ov 19©" avg TD 649© 1d Mafic pyroclastic f lows 1e Ultramafic flows TD 360 ov 10© 1,2a a Formerly classified as Keewatin. TD5001 b. Formerly classified as Timiskaming. 2a,8 OV90© c. Formerly classified as Haileyburian. d. Formerly classified as Algoman. TD 300 e. Includes north-trend ing dikes of swarm. Mousseau 8 f. Inlcudes Nipissing and Sudbury types. PV)qv. g. Includes Keweenawan. Lake TRENCHING h. Several ages; some units appear to be intrusive equivalents of volcanic for avg ov1 mations whereas others postdate volcanism. vgTD 460^- ov 4© j. Rocks in these groups are subdivided lithologically; the order does not TD 99© 1,2^6,8 necessarily imply age relationship within or among groups. py.qcv 1,3a,8 NOTE: All rock types listed in the Legend do not necessarily appear on the map face.

Issued 1979

Information from this publication may be quoted if credit is given. It is recom mended that reference to this map be made in the following form: Ploeger, F. and Grabowski, G. 1979: Gauthier Township, District of Timiskaming; Ontario Geological Survey Preliminary Map P.2004, Kirkland Lake Data Series. Scale 1:15 840 or 1 inch to 14 mile. Data compiled 1978.

DATA LOCATION MAP Scale 1:31680