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MDI42D16SW00021
| Record Name(s) | Bermuda Property - 2006, Bamoos Lake - 1954, H England Property - 1929, Renshaw-Tripp Iron Claims - 1951, Empire Explorations - 1963 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Partial |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Aug-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Copper, Iron
Secondary Commodities: Titanium, Vanadium
Township or Area: Seeley Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 49' 9.18" Longitude: -86° 19' 18.84"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 549777.06 Northing: 5407581.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D16SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Approximately 11 km north of the town of Marathon, Ontario, the Bamoos Property is accessible by an all season road.
1929: H. England conducted trenching and test-pitting on showings of titaniferous magnetite. 1951: Test pitting by B. and Z. Renshaw and E.G. Tripp. 1954: Bamoos Lake Mines Ltd. drilled 5 DDH totalling 6,000 feet. 1963: Empire Explorations Ltd. conducted airborne and ground EM and MAG surveys and geochemical surveying. 1965-66: Anaconda American Brass drilled 2 DDH totalling 394 m in the Bamoos Lake area. 1976: D. Fairbairn conducted an airborne geophysical survey. 1984-1991: Fleck Resources Ltd. conducted linecutting, trenching, sampling and diamond drilling. 2000: property was staked by M. and S. Stares. 2000-01: Freewest Resources Canada Inc. optioned the property and conducted an airborne magnetometer and TEM survey. 2003: Benton Resources Corp. acquired the property. 2004: Benton drilled 1 DDH. 2005-06: Benton conducted prospecting, sampling, geological mapping, trenching, and drilled 22 DDH totalling 4028.4 m. 2007: Benton conducted geological mapping and drilled 28 DDH totalling 5070.6 m. 2011: Stillwater acquired the leases.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.1242 | 42D16SW0099 | 42D16SW0099 |
| 2.2282 | 42D16SW0078 | 42D16SW0078 |
| 63A.127 | 42D16SW0098 | 42D16SW0098 |
| 2.29566 | 20000000677 | 20000000677 |
| 2.33327 | 20000001693 | 20000001693 |
| 2.33720 | 20000001861 | 20000001861 |
| 2.34851 | 20000002385 | 20000002385 |
| 2.37989 | 20000003399 | 20000003399 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Olivine Gabbro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
Sep 28, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - The area is underlain predominantly by a banded, basal olivine gabbro belonging to the Port Coldwell alkalic complex. The gabbro intrudes felsic metavolcanics situated to the east and is cut by dikes of larvikite (Shklanka, 1969).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Apatite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Olivine | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 28, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Titaniferous magnetite and sulphide showings containing pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite are uniformly distributed in the gabbro. Copper values are generally low (Shklanka, 1969). Mineralized zones strike N-S within an area 2.8 km long and up to 610 m wide. Best intersections from 5 drill holes are 22.4 to 29.06% Fe with 0.10 to 0.10% V2O5, 1.71 to 2.70% P2O5, 0.09 to 0.14% Cu, sampled at 10-foot intervals; and 0.12 to0.33% Cu and 0.02 to 0.05% Ni over 23 feet sampled at 5-foot intervals. A chip sample over 125 feet assayed 40% Fe, 7.35% TiO2, 0.56% S, 0.33%P (Shklanka, 1968).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Magmatic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Intrusive |
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
MonoMap - Geology of Cirrus Lake-Bamoos Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R043 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Map - Bamoos Lake sheet, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2099 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Map - Manitouwadge sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0494 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Map - Precambrian Geology, Port Coldwell Complex, East Half
Publication Number: P3233 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1993
Author: Walker E.C., Sutcliffe R.H., Shaw C.S.J., Shore G.T., Penczak R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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
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