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Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6007 Report of Activities, 1999 Resident Geologist Program Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts 2000 ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open File Report 6007 Report of Activities, 1999 Resident Geologist Program Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts by G. Meyer, M. Cosec, G.P.B. Grabowski, D.L. Guindon, E.C. Chaloux and M. Charette 2000 Parts of this publication may be quoted if credit is given. It is recommended that reference to this publication be made in the following form: Meyer, G., Cosec, M., Grabowski, G.P.B., Guindon, D.L., Chaloux, E.C. and Charette, M. 2000. Report of Activities 1999, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts; Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6007, 88p. e Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2000 e Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2000. 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Report of Activities 1999, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts; Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6007, 88p. iii v ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESIDENT GEOLOGIST PROGRAM REPORT OF ACTIVITIES – 1999 KIRKLAND LAKE REGIONAL RESIDENT GEOLOGIST REPORT Contents Kirkland Lake Area Introduction ............................................................................... 1 Mining & Milling Activity – Precious Metals.................................................... 1 Barrick Gold Corporation – Holt--McDermott Mine............................................ 1 Battle Mountain Gold Company and Teddy Bear Valley Mines Limited – Holloway Mine............. 2 Canmine Resources Corporation........................................................... 2 Exall Resources Limited and Glimmer Resources Inc. – Glimmer Mine............................ 3 Kinross Gold Corporation – Kirkland Lake Operation.......................................... 3 SMC (Canada) Ltd. – McAlpine Mill....................................................... 4 St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. – Stock, Taylor and Hislop Mines.................................... 4 Mining Activity – Industrial Minerals........................................................... 5 Extender Minerals of Canada Ltd........................................................... 5 Hedman Resources Ltd. – Hedman Mine & Mill.............................................. 5 Advanced Exploration Industrial Minerals..................................................... 5 Extender Minerals of Canada Ltd. – North Williams Township................................... 5 Exploration Activity ........................................................................ 6 Atapa Minerals Limited .................................................................. 6 Armistice Resources Ltd. – Armistice Property............................................... 6 Battle Mountain Gold Company........................................................... 6 Blackstone Development Inc. ............................................................. 6 Boulder Mining Corporation .............................................................. 6 Expatriate Resources Ltd. ................................................................ 6 Goldeye Explorations Limited ............................................................. 7 KRL Resources Corp. .................................................................... 7 Link, T.A. ............................................................................. 7 Marl Resources Corp.– McCool Township................................................... 7 Millstream Mines Ltd. ................................................................... 7 NFX Gold Inc. and Fort Knox Resources Inc.................................................. 8 Northway Explorations Limited ............................................................ 9 Pentland Firth Ventures Ltd. ............................................................... 9 Queenston Mining Inc. – Franco--Nevada Mining Corporation Limited............................ 10 Randsburg International Gold Corp......................................................... 10 St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. – Carr, Guibord, Hislop and Taylor townships........................... 10 Tres--Or Resources Ltd. .................................................................. 10 Property Examinations ...................................................................... 11 Grenfell Kirkland Property ................................................................ 11 Hillcrest Gold Occurrence ................................................................ 11 Link--Catharine Property ................................................................. 12 Martin Bird Property .................................................................... 13 O’Connor, Diadem and Jessie Lake Cu, Ni, Au Occurrences..................................... 14 ix Roosevelt Road Quarry .................................................................. 14 Recommendations for Exploration ............................................................. 15 Allsopp-- Huston Gold Property............................................................ 15 Copper--Nickel--PGE Mineralization........................................................ 16 Epidote Alteration with Possible VMS Association in Maisonville Township........................ 17 Potential “New Gold Camp” in Lake Abitibi Area............................................. 17 OGS Activities and Research by Others......................................................... 18 Ontario Geological Survey Activities....................................................... 18 Geological Survey of Canada .............................................................. 19 University of Ottawa .................................................................... 19 University of Portsmouth, UK ............................................................. 19 References ................................................................................ 20 Metric Conversion Table ..................................................................... 88 Figures 1. Mining and exploration in the Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist’s District – 1999......... 43 2. Property visits in the Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist’s District – 1999................. 44 Tables 1. Summary of claims recorded and assessment work credits filed in the Larder Lake Mining Division in 1999 ...................................................................... 21 2. Mine production and reserves in the Kirkland