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| Record Name(s) | Wolf Lake No. 3 Zone - 1986 |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2010-Mar-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Mackelcan
Latitude: 46° 51' 26.85" Longitude: -80° 38' 3.54"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 527875.001 Northing: 5189389.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I15SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1979-97: Flag Resources Ltd. and Hecla Mining Co. of Canada - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics, sampling, diamond drilling, geochemistry
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.4938 | 41I15NE0015 | 41I15NE0015 |
| 63.4951 | 41I15NE0016 | 41I15NE0016 |
| 63.6032 | 41I15SE0003 | 41I15SE0003 |
| Mackelcan-0024 | 41I15NE0025 | 41I15NE0025 |
| Mackelcan-0020 | 41I15SE0011 | 41I15SE0011 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | Sudbury Breccia | Host |
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| Sandstone | 2 | Adjacent |
Mar 16, 2010 (A Wilson) - This zone is exposed as a thin skin about 5 m wide along a 40 m long stretch of the shoreline. Quartz as veins and breccia matrix contains pyrite, chalcopyrite and gold. Most of this zone lies below the waters of Wolf Lake
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Mar 16, 2010 (A Wilson) - The best gold values are localized at the base and edges of the breccia. Gold values above 0.10 oz/t and up to 1.0 oz/t are erratically but persistently found in the drill holes. Assays from drill hole WL-83-16 returned assays up to 0.340 oz/t Au over 5 ft.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Diatreme |
Map - Otter Lake, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2450 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1982
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Mackelcan Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2227 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1979
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sudbury data series, Mackelcan Township, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2191 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Adlington R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Mackelcan Township and southern Wanapitei Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: MP082.019 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Wanapitei Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R213 Scale: Date: 1982
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Sudbury mineral occurrence study
Publication Number: OFR5771 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Gates B.I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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