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Record: MDI000000000266

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Probe DDH M6 - 2005, Probe A-Zone - 2005, Tamarack Property - 2005
Related Record Type
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 2007-Mar-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: BMA 528 861

Latitude: 52° 52' 33.33"    Longitude: -86° 1' 1.07"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 566159.999   Northing: 5858921.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 43D16NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for Probe DDH M6

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by air from Nakina



Exploration History

2004-07: Probe Mines Limited - AEM, AM, EM, MAG, DD-8-77.1 m, DD-8. 2007-2009: Mantis Mineral Corp. – optioned property, airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5303/ 2.30967 20000001195 20000001195
2.36449 20000002885 20000002885

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Crystal Tuff 1 Siliceous Crystal Tuff Host
Felsic Lapilli-Tuff 2 Lapilli Tuff Footwall

Lithology Comments

Aug 01, 2014 (A Wilson) - The host lithology is a dark grey, highly siliceous felsic fragmental compised of fine-graned siliceous matrix, fine-grained magnetite and quartrz-feldspar phenocrysts/crystal fragments. The footwall rocks are siliceous, coarse-grained lapilli tuffs. The drill hole terminated in the same felsic tuff as the host to the mineralization. The sulphide mineralized horizon is hosted by coarse felsic volcanic fragmental units comprised of large (up to 8cm) volcanic clasts in a siliceous, variably chloritized quartzsericite matrix. Hangingwall fragmentals are devoid of sulphide and non-magnetic while the footwall fragmental horizon is strongly magnetic, and typically more chloritized.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 01, 2014 (A Wilson) - A 0.5 m section of drill core returned assays up to 5.16% Cu, 238 ppm Zn and 33 ppb Au. Mineralization consists of 2.4 m of massive to weakly bedded fine-to coarse-grained pyrite and chalcopyrite that appears as thin bands and disseminations interstitial to the pyrite. Chalcopyrote forms up to 10% of the sulphides. Drill hole M6 intersected a 7.8 m section of core that graded 3.1% Cu and drill hole M7 returned 2.4% Cu over 6 m including 3.4% Cu over 5 m. Drill holes M9, M10, M14 and M15 drilled in 2006 tested continuation of A-Zone. Drill holes M9-10 encountered 7 m of Cu-bearing massive sulphides with Cu values ranging from 0.3% to 0.7%. Drill holes M16 and M17 were designed to test a deep (>100m) ground geophysical anomaly along the same horizon as the A-Zone mineralization, approximately 800m to the south. Drill hole M17 intersected a thick zone (35m) of continuous massive and semi-massive sulphides between 129 and 164m depth which returned anomalous values of copper, zinc, gold and silver, and showed a distinct zonation between the base metals.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - News Release

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 2005

Author: Probe Mines Limited

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Publication - News Release

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 2006

Author: Probe Mines Limited

Publisher Name:


Publication - News Releases

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 2006

Author: Probe Mines Limited

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Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hudson Bay and James Bay Lowlands Region Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data-East Sheet

Publication Number: P3598-REV Scale: 1:500,000    Date: 2008

Author: Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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