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| Record Name(s) | Tower Mountain (Zone 4/36) - 2004, Noranda-Northair - 1991, Stewart Option - 1991, Stewart Fire Tower - 1991 |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2011-Jan-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Conmee
Latitude: 48° 31' 16.59" Longitude: -89° 42' 41.27"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 299792 Northing: 5377791 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A12
Point Location Description: Point located with GPS
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is 1.2km southest of the trans-canada highway and 40km west of Thunder Bay. There is an access road off of trans-canada highway 11/17.
1984: property staked by M. Stewart. 1985: property optioned by Noranda Exploration Ltd., who conducted geological mapping, trenching, soil geochemical, ground VLF-EM, magnetometer and IP surveys, and drilled 5 DDH totalling 1038.5 m. 1986: Noranda conducted a humus geochemical survey, trenching, sampling, magnetometer and IP surveys, and drilled 8 DDH totalling 1176 m. 1987: Noranda conducted petrographic and electron microprobe studies, geological mapping, and drilled 25 DDH totalling 666 m. 1988: Inco optioned the property and conducted geological mapping, a magnetometer survey, prospecting, sampling, and drilled 9 DDH totalling 892.46 m. 1989: Inco conducted prospecting, trenching, geological mapping, sampling, and drilled 10 DDH totalling 988.47 m. 1990: Inco drilled 3 DDH totalling 713.53 m. 1989-90: H. Lundmark conducted trenching. 1994-95: Glamis Gold conducted prospecting and sampling. 1996-98: Avalon Ventures Ltd. conducted geological mapping, a soil geochemical survey, IP survey, trenching, and drilled 4 DDH totalling 1318 m. 2002: Valerie Gold Resources Ltd. optioned the property and conducted prospecting, geological mapping, sampling, trenching and drilled 5 DDH totalling 1042 m. 2003: ValGold conducted trenching and drilled 12 DDH totalling 2580.9 m. 2004-5: ValGold Resources conducted trenching, sampling, geological mapping, geophysical surveys, and drilled 14 holes totalling 3523 m (3 DDH on the 4-36 Zone). The 4/36 Zone was discovered when intersected by DDH TM-04-36. 2011: Valgold drilled 29 DDH totalling 4628 m (1 DDH totalling 274 m on the U/V Zone). 2012: Valgold and Revolver enter Option agreement to advance Tower Mountain gold Property. 2012- Geophysical Survey- intended to test for any geophysical signature to the newly discovered gold zones and to determine the potential extensions of the zones beyond the drilled areas.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 18 | 52A12SE0055 | 52A12SE0055 |
| 2.32408 | 20000001394 | 20000001394 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Timiskanming And Kewatin | Contains |
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| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Felsic To Intermediate | Intrusive Complex And Radiating Dykes | Adjacent |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Felsic To Intermediate Keewatin And Timiskaming | Brecciated In Some Mineralized Areas | Contains |
| 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 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Epidote | Alteration | Epidotization | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 3 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Hematite | Alteration | Hematization | 4 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Tourmaline | Alteration | Tourmalinization | 5 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 6 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 7 | Unknown | Replacement |
Jan 04, 2011 (N Bennett) - The third high-grade zone identified in the drilling is referred to as the 04-36 Zone and is located 400m southwest of the U/V Zone. Unlike the U/V and 04-31 Zones, the 04-36 strikes north-northeast and appears to be associated with a package of mixed Timiskaming volcanics and sediments identified approximately 600m west of the TMIC contact. Two drill holes intersected this zone and core analysis indicates the zone strikes roughly parallel to the northeast trending belt of Timiskaming rocks in the area. One hole documented 41.35 g/t Au over 1.5m and the second hole returned an assay of 5.31 g/t over 1.5m.
May 10, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH TM-04-36 assayed 25.23 g/t Au over 3 m and 0.94 g/t over 12 m (AFRO 2.32408).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
| 1 | Vein |
Article - Thunder Bay Resident Geologist's area - 1987
Publication Number: MP138.004 Page: 75-99 Date: 1997
Author: Patterson G.C., White G.D., Sarvas P., Perry P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Independent Mineral Resource Estimation, Tower Mountain Gold Deposit
Publication Number: 2006 NI 43-101 Date: 2006
Author: Jobin-Befans, S., Cullen, D., Kelso, I.
Publisher Name: Caracle Creek International Consulting for ValGold Resources
Location: SEDAR
Map - Geology of the Tower Syenite Stock (Conmee Township)
Publication Number: P3275 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1994
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Alkalic rocks of the Thunder Bay area
Publication Number: MP137.018 Date: 1997
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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