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Record: MDI000000000957

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Caribou Property - 2008, Canadian Orebodies DDH CO-08-04 and -05 - 2008
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2010-Nov-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Silver



Location

Township or Area: BMA 531 862

Latitude: 53° 4' 2.96"    Longitude: -86° 17' 33.55"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 547396   Northing: 5880012    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 43E01SE

Point Location Description: precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

2007: Claims staked by Temex Resources Corp. 2008: Temex transferred the claims to Canadian Orebodies Inc. which conducted an exploration program including airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, and two DDHs totalling 354 m. 2010: Canadian Orebodies Inc. transferred claims to Hawk Uranium Inc. Hawk changed name to Ring of Fire Resources Inc. 2012: Ring of Fire Resources changed name to Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. and transferred the claims to MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5882, 2.42386 20000004148 20000004148
T-6024, 2.42935 20000004311 20000004311
2.42401 20000004177 20000004177

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Oxford-Stull

Geological Age: Archean  



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3SphaleriteEconomicOre
4PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jun 06, 2017 (A Wilson) - Assays from DDH CO-08-04 returned 1.31% Zn, 0.09% Cu and 2.46 g/t Ag over 7.9 m including 3.29% Zn, 0.17% Cu and 5.93 g/t Ag over 2.1 m. Assays from DDH CO-08-05 returned 1.08% Zn, 0.27% Cu and 4.02 g/t Ag over 2.3 m. The drill holes intersected disseminated to nearly massive sulphides (Canadian Orebodies press release December 23, 2008).



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Mineral Deposits of Northern Ontario, North of Latitude 49° 30'

Publication Number: OFR6242 Date: 2009

Author: Stott G.M., Josey S.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hudson Bay and James Bay Lowlands Region Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data-South Sheet

Publication Number: P3599-REV Scale: 1:500,000    Date: 2009

Author: Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Press releases

Publication Number: Date: 2008

Author: Canadian Orebodies Inc.

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


Map - Geological series, Operation Winisk Lake, Winisk Lake, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P0716 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M., Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Winisk River area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P0951 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1997

Author: Riley R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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