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Record: MDI000000000367

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sungold Au - 2005
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2007-Aug-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Powell Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 26' 58.1"    Longitude: -90° 49' 52.31"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 660368   Northing: 5368531    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B07NW

Point Location Description: Sample 8-29-6 on map in AFRI 52B07NW2007

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: From HWY 11 approximately 110 km west of Thunder Bay turn left (southward) onto Swamp Road. Continue onto the latter for 13.9 km and turn right onto Hermia Lake Road. Drive another 3.3 km and then turn left onto Tilly Road. Keep going for 3.4 km, turn left onto Nelson Road, drive another 13.8 km and make a right turn on Side Road. Continue for 1.7 km where the road leads to the gate and bridge.



Exploration History

1998: E. Kukkee and R. Kwiatkowski carried out prospecting and sampling. 2001: E. Kukkee and R. Kwiatkowski carried out prospecting and sampling. 2003: Freewest Resources Canada Inc. carried out a mag and VLF geophysical survey. 2004: Freewest Resources carried out a soil geochemical and IP surveys. 2005: Freewest carried out mag, VLF, and EM geophysical surveys. 2006: Freewest carried out geological mapping and sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.28756 52B07NW2012 52B07NW2012
2.22777 52B07NW2007 52B07NW2007
2.19219 52B07NW2004 52B07NW2004
2.34317 20000001950 20000001950
2.30875 20000013676 20000013676
2.34077 20000002104 20000002104
2.26583 52B07NW2008 52B07NW2008

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Shebandowan

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 4.5 Km Breccia Zone

Lithology Comments

Sep 25, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The lithology is described as sheared rhyolites (AFRI 52B07NW2007).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 25, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 9-18-15, from sheared rhyolite and pyrite, assayed 4.01 gpt Au. Sample 9-18-16, from sheared rhyolite and pyrite, assayed 1.998 gpt Au. Sample 8-29-6, from sheared rhyolite, quartz stringers and pyrites, assayed 15.5 gpt Au (AFRI 52B07NW20070.


Aug 31, 2007 (Q Unknown) - 11 Grab samples up to 2.34 oz per ton Au



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
2 Vein
1 VMS Base Metal
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stockwork

References

Journal - Geodynamic setting, crustal architecture, and VMS metallogeny of ca. 2720 Ma greenstone belt assemblages of the northern Wawa subprovince, Superior Province. pp. 196-214

Publication Number: 52(3) Scale:     Date: 2015

Author: Lodge, R.W.D., Gibson, H.L,Stott, G.M,, Franklin, J.M.

Publisher Name: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2015

Location: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/


Data - Establishing Regional Geodynamic Settings and the Metallogeny of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization of Greenstone Belt Assemblages (Circa 2720 Ma) of the Wawa Subprovince via Geochemical Comparisons

Publication Number: MRD306 Scale:     Date: 2013

Author: Lodge R.W.D., Chartrand J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of the Wye and Hamlin Lakes Area

Publication Number: P2511 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2009

Author: Hart T.R., Metsaranta D.-A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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