Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Span Lake - 2006, M2624 #71, 74, 80 - 1997 |
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| Related Record Type | |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2011-Mar-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | J Scott |
| Revised By | Andrew Tims |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Moss
Latitude: 48° 33' 44.9" Longitude: -90° 40' 8.53"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 671975 Northing: 5381443.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B10SE
Point Location Description: OGS Map 2624 and confirmed with Google Earth
Location Method: Other
Access Description: Access to the Property is via Trans-Canada Highway 11/17 and Highway 11 from Thunder Bay to Kashabowie and from there it can be reached by a secondary Highway 802 and a major logging road. The Span Lake area is accessed by the old Hermia Lake Road to Burchell Creek and then by an overgrown drill road leading south for approximately 500 m to the area of Inco¿s most concentrated late 1980¿s drilling.
1902: The North Coldstream deposit first began production in 1902 as the Tip-Top Mine. Approximately 1 312 000 lbs of copper were produced in between 1902 and 1917. 1943: Frobisher Exploration Company completed extensive exploration in the area of the North Coldstream Mine and in 1943 the company estimated at least a million tons of ore in the ground. 1950’s and early 1960: Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Ltd., Martin McNelly Mines Exploration and Canico, conducted geophysical surveys. 1957: Coldstream Copper Mines Ltd, later known as North Coldstream Mines, purchased the mine and began operations in June. 1960-67: Noranda operated the mine producing 103 million pounds of copper, 22,000 ounces of gold, and 440,000 ounces of silver from 2.7 million tonnes of ore. Reserves were depleted and the mine was closed in 1967. In the Span Lake Area: 1982: Canico carried out airborne electromagnetic, magnetic and radiometric surveys with follow-up prospecting program. 1983: Canico undertook grid cutting, VLF and magnetometer surveys were completed with a geological reconnaissance and rock-sampling program. 1987-90: Inco prospecting, mapping, trenching, and diamond drilling identifing 9 gold zones, termed from A through I. Eight DDH (1 225m) in 1987, 18 DDH (3 407 m) and 13 DDH (2 132 m) in 1989. 1990: Central Crude Ltd (“Central Crude”) optioned Inco¿s claims over the Span Lake with Noranda the operator. 2006: Alto Ventures purchased 26 claims covering the Span Lake area from Inco Ltd. 2009: Foundation Resources Inc. focused on confirming some of the better Inco channel samples at the A, B and C Zones with some channel sampling. 2010: A 38-hole, 10 107 m drill program was completed by Foundation of which two-holes, SL10-01 and SL10-TW, drilled 377 m testing the Span lake showing.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.47569 | 20000006200 | 20000006200 |
| 2.14605 | 52B10SE0175 | 52B10SE0175 |
| 42 | 52B10SE0215 | 52B10SE0215 |
| 2.35482 | 20000002602 | 20000002602 |
| 2.43994 | 20000004522 | 20000004522 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Gabbro | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 01, 2017 (J Scott) - OGS Mapping sample: # 71 --- # 74 2 300 ppb Au grab sample # 80 600 ppb
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
Book - A technical review of the Moss Lake gold property, including a mineral resource estimate, Moss Township, Northwestern Ontario by Watts, Griffis and McOuat Ltd.
Publication Number: 43-101 MossLake Scale: Date: 2006
Author: Sullivan, J.R., El-Rassi, D.A.,Kociumbas, M.W.
Publisher Name: Moss Lake Gold Mines
Book - Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Moss Lake Project
Publication Number: 43-101 MossLake Scale: Date: 2013
Author: Poirier, S.,Patrick, G. A., Richard, P., Palich, J
Publisher Name: InnovExplo for Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd.
Journal - U-Pb ages for late magmatism and regional deformation in the Shebandowan belt, Superior Province, Canada pp.1075-1082
Publication Number: CJES v.23 Scale: Date: 1986
Author: Corfu, F. and Stott, G.M.
Publisher Name: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential of Moss Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: OFR5865 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential of Burchell-Greenwater Lakes Area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: OFR5866 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential of the Upper and Middle Shebandowan Lakes Area, West-Central Shebandowan Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: OFR5938 Scale: Date: 1996
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential, Greenwater Lake Area, West-Central Shebandowan Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R296 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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