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| Record Name(s) | Wullie Lake SL-07-12 - 2007, Willie Lake - 2006 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2015-Oct-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Platinum Metals
Township or Area: Seeley Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 51' 48.48" Longitude: -86° 27' 26.61"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 539796 Northing: 5412420 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D16SW
Point Location Description: DDH SL-07-12 from AFRI 20000003399
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Accessible by helicopter from the Marathon airport.
1914-19: Copper and nickel were discovered in the area. Seemar Mines Ltd. conducted pitting and trenching. 1954: Caral Mining Co. conducted line cutting, prospecting, ground magnetometer, SP and resistivity surveys, geological mapping and diamond drilling. Head of the Lakes Iron Ltd. drilled 2 DDH totaling 343 m. 1959-68: Head of the Lakes Iron Ltd. conducted line cutting, ground magnetometer, HLEM and VLEM and SP, airborne EM, geological mapping and drilled 21 DDH. 1962: Denison Mines Ltd. acquired an interest in the property. 1964: Lakehead Mines Ltd. conducted geological mapping. By 1965, a total of 108 DDH were drilled, totaling 6791 m. 1965-66: Seemar Mine Ltd. conducted line cutting, trenching, geological mapping and drilled 4 DDH totaling 493 m. 1976: D. Fairbarn conducted line cutting, a ground HEM survey, geological mapping and drilled 3 DDH totaling 292 m on three patented claims between Wullie and Coubran Lakes. 1979-80: Placer Development Ltd. conducted line cutting, a ground radiometric survey, trenching, soil geochemistry, geological mapping and a petrographic study, as well as drilled 9 DDH totaling 2000 m. 1980: Parlake Resources Ltd. was created after a merger of Lakehead Mines Ltd. with other companies. 1987: Duration Mines Ltd. optioned 48 claims from Midas Creek Minerals Inc. and conducted line cutting, ground magnetometer and IP-EM surveys, prospecting, geological mapping and petrographic studies. 1990: The property was sold to Redstone Resources Inc., who conducted line cutting, soil geochemical surveys, geophysics and drilled 4 DDH totaling 443 m. 2005: Benton Resources Corp. acquired the lease from Redstone. 2006: Benton Resources conducted prospecting, geological mapping and trenching. 2007: Benton Resources drilled 3 DDH totaling 570 m. 2010: Benton Resources spun the Coldwell properties out into a new company called Coldwell Copper Corp. in April. In September, Stillwater Mining Company acquired Benton’s Coldwell properties.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 24 | 42D16SW0113 | 42D16SW0113 |
| 43 | 42D16SW0103 | 42D16SW0103 |
| 2.37989 | 20000003399 | 20000003399 |
| 63.1220 | 42D16NW0024 | 42D16NW0024 |
| 63.1207 | 42D16SW0089 | 42D16SW0089 |
| 2.34101 | 20000001915 | 20000001915 |
| 2.34851 | 20000002385 | 20000002385 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Plagioclase | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 30, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Mineralization encountered at the Wullie Lake area consists of reef-style disseminated chalcopyrite in anorthosite. There appears to be an upper copper horizon and lower copper horizon, however PGE tenor is negligible. In the 2007 drill program, copper assays ranged from 0.1-0.21% while Total Platinum Metals (TPM) ranged from 0.01-0.12 g/t (AFRI 20000003399).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Magmatic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
Map - Port Coldwell area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0114 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Puskas F.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Eastern Half of the Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: M2614 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2004, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay South Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay South District
Publication Number: OFR6148 Scale: Date: 2005
Author: Schnieders B.R., Scott J.F., Magee M.A., Muir T.L., Komar C.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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