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| Record Name(s) | Ald97-7 - 1997, Sackville Property - 1999, Stares Property - 1996 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2015-Apr-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-06 |
| Created By | Therese Pettigrew |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead
Township or Area: Sackville
Latitude: 48° 26' 25.5" Longitude: -89° 55' 46.79"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 283338 Northing: 5369399 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05NW
Point Location Description: AFRI 52A05NW0025 DDH collar location
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: All season, gravel road access is available via Boreal Road. This traverses west from Highway 590 to Km 10.5, Aldina East Road (63 km from Kakabeka Falls) and beyond. Aldina West Road, a seasonal (winter-plowing required) sandy road provides generally good vehicle access to a ski-doo trail which provides access to eastern side of the grid. The Boreal Road- Hwy 590 intersection is 13 km west and (then) south of the Hwy 590-TransCanada Highway 11-17 intersection.
The region around the former Dawson Road and present Highway 11-17 has seen sporadic mapping from 1872 onward and exploration, largely for iron deposits, from 1901, with heightened activity from 1901-1925. The property was explored for iron between 1950 and 1961. 1991-93: Asarco Exploration Company conducted prospecting and geophysical surveys (magnetometer, VLF-EM). 1996: Stares Contracting discovered sulphide-rich float boulders when cutting new forestry roads. 1996-97: Cumberland Resources conducted line cutting, geological mapping, soil geochemistry, geophysical surveys (magnetometer, VLF-EM, PEM), and drilled 9 DDH totaling 1552 m. 1999: Greater Lenora Resources (later GLR) and RJK Explorations Ltd. conducted IP surveys, trenching, and discovered heavily oxidized bedrock mineralization. 2000: GLR and RJK discovered the Boomer and Calvert massive sulphide boulders. 2000-01: GLR and RJK conducted line cutting, mag and IP geophysical surveys, prospecting, mapping, geochemical surveys, and stripping and trenching. 2001: RJK and GLR discovered additional sulphide boulders, and conducted stripping, line cutting, mag surveys, channel sampling, and lithogeochemical, humus and geochemistry surveys. 2002: GLR and RJK drilled 63 DDH totaling 6916 m. 2004: GLR and RJK drilled 7 DDH totaling 1165 m. 2005-06: GLR and RJK conducted TDEM and mag surveys and drilled 9 holes totaling 826 m. 2009-10: GLR and RJK drilled 10 DDH totaling 1908 m and conducted geological mapping, sampling, and a geochemical soil survey. 2011: GLR changed name to Mistango River Resources. 2014: RJK transferred their interest to Mistango.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.27611 | 52A05NW2027 | 52A05NW2027 |
| 2.32252 | 20000001332 | 20000001332 |
| 2.35923 | 20000000017 | 20000000017 |
| 2.16928 | 52A05NW0014 | 52A05NW0014 |
| 2.16929 | 52A05NW0013 | 52A05NW0013 |
| 2.44850 | 20000004492 | 20000004492 |
| 2.29772 | 20000000377 | 20000000377 |
| 2.19834 | 52A05NW2008 | 52A05NW2008 |
| 2.20899 | 52A05NW2011 | 52A05NW2011 |
| 2.45816 | 20000006732 | 20000006732 |
| 2.17586 | 52A05NW0026 | 52A05NW0026 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Graphitic | Greywacke | Host |
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Apr 30, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Most or all of the supracrustal rocks that underlie Aldina and Sackville townships, a portion of west-central Adrian Township and a part of northern Marks Township fall within the interpreted cycle 3 volcanic succession of the Greenwater assemblage. These rocks consist of fine to medium grained, massive, and rarely pillowed mafic flows with minor interflow clastic and chemical sedimentary rocks, lesser felsic pyroclastic tuffs and flows, all of which are intruded or dilated by gabbro sills and plutons.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 30, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sulphide-rich float Stares boulder assayed 0.6% Cu, 12% Zn, 4.4% Pb, 359 g/t Ag and 5.52 g/t Au (AFRI 20000006732). Assay results from DDH ALD97-7 include: 408 ppm Cu, 51 ppm Pb, 4400 ppm Zn over 0.8 m (92.2-93.0 m); 468 ppm Cu, 82 ppm Pb, 4600 ppm Zn over 1 m (93-94 m); 395 ppm Cu, 39 ppm Pb, 4450 ppm Zn over 1 m (94-95 m); 428 ppm Cu, 37 ppm Pb, 4700 ppm Zn over 1 m (95-96 m); 950 ppm Cu, 52 ppm Pb, 6500 ppm Zn over 0.62 m (96-96.62 m) (AFRI 52A05NW0025).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | VMS Base Metal |
Publication - Technical Report on Mining Claims, Sackville Project
Publication Number: 2010 43-101 Scale: Date: 2010
Author: Perry, T., Sharpley, F.J.
Publisher Name: GLR Resources Inc. & RJK Exploration Ltd.
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Thunder Bay Sheet
Publication Number: M2664 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sackville Township
Publication Number: M2619 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1995
Author: Rogers M.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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