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| Record Name(s) | Ac Zone - 1989 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2016-Sep-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Andrew Tims |
| Revised By | Andrew Tims |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Laurie
Latitude: 48° 32' 56.44" Longitude: -89° 59' 38.46"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 279052.07 Northing: 5381652.19 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B09SE
Point Location Description: Airphoto
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access is by a gravel road south from Shabaqua for 7.3 kilometres to Lower Falls on the Matawin River. From this point, an ATV trail followed 3.5 kilometres west provides access to the southeast portion of the property.
1896: Gold was first reported In the area of Gold Creek by government geologists. 1928: Stripping, trenching and sampling was done by R. Welsh on what Is presently the Gold Creek West property. 1943-44: Gunflint Iron Mines prospected In the area and completed a 12 hole, 852 metre (2,796 foot) diamond drilling program to test the Iron formation and associated gold showings. 1956-57: Monpre Mining Company explored a block of claims which covered the Matawln Iron formation In central Duckworth and Laurie Townships. Geological and magnetometer surveys were completed and several trenches were excavated. Nineteen diamond drill holes totalling 3,228 metres (10,592 feet) were completed to test the Iron formation. 1969-73: M. Pendziwol did stripping, trenching and sampling on what Is now the Gold Creek West block. 1980: Trenching, stripping and sampling was done by S. Hyrmanak and N. Scollle In the West Gold Creek area. 1987: Noranda Exploration acquired the Pendziwol property. Geological and magnetometer surveys were completed. The option was terminated later In the year. 1988: lnco staked 31 claims (Gold Creek East) covering a portion of a belt of Timiskaming sediments. A grid was cut over the property followed by geology and magnetometer surveys . The Gold Creek West property was acquired by staking and optioning. This was followed by line cutting and a magnetometer survey. The Gold Creek East was prospected followed by mechanical stripping of a number of gold showings. Four diamond drill holes were completed. 1989: The Gold Creek West was geologically mapped and prospected. A number of showings located by prospecting were stripped and washed followed by detail mapping and sampling. The best showings were tested by 16 diamond drill holes. 1991: Five diamond drill holes totalling 368.82 metres were drilled. 1990: Seven diamond drill holes totaling 81411 metres were drilled 200 west of the Aa zone by Green Ice Corporation after a program of prospecting and IP surveying. 2004: Joe Hackl conducted prospecting, trenching and sampling of the property. 2011. Lac Des Iles Mines covered the showing in a 384 line-km magnetic survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.33374 | 20000002535 | 20000002535 |
| 2.48012 | 20000006775 | 20000006775 |
| 52A12SW-47 / 52B09SE-66 / 63.6143 | 52B09SE0078 | 52B09SE0078 |
| 52A12SW-47 / 2.12117 | 52B09SE0082 | 52B09SE0082 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
Sep 06, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - Mineralization is characterized by variably silicified, carbonatized, sericitized and pyritized sediments adjacent to quartz veinlets and/or veins which contain locally abundant iron carbonate and sulphides. Pyrite is ubiquitous, whereas galena and chalcopyrite are locally present. The majority of the areas of interest are spatially associated with the trace of a northeast - southwest sinistral fault which displaces stratigraphy by 200 to 300 metres.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Sep 06, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - A forty centimetre wide weakly calcareous quartz vein containing up to 10% iron carbonate, 3% pyrite, < 1% galena, trace chalcopyrite and up to 3.29 ppm gold cuts moderately silicified and locally carbonatized sandstones. The attitude of this vein is azimuth 240-248°. A second vein up to 10 centimetres wide occurs 20 metres to the south and is oriented at azimuth 211-230°. This vein contains similar amounts of pyrite, galena and chalcopyrite. Wallrock alteration is also similar and assays are up to 510 ppb gold.
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Laurie Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P3083 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1987
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Geology of Blackwell and Laurie townships
Publication Number: OFR5727 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Alkalic rocks of the Thunder Bay area
Publication Number: OFR5820 Scale: Date: 1992
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Results of Regional Humus and Till Sampling in the Eastern Part of the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5993 Scale: Date: 1999
Author: Bajc A.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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