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Record: MDI000000001113

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) M 2624 #85 - 2011
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Mar-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-30
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Moss

Latitude: 48° 31' 47.93"    Longitude: -90° 41' 31.69"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 670380   Northing: 5377780    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B10SE

Point Location Description: OGS map M2624 confirmed with Google Earth

Location Method: Other

Access Description: Access to the ccurrence can be achieved by turning off Highway 11, south down Highway 802 then turning south after 6 km on to the Burchell Rd. Tum west onto the Waverly Road after 15 km. At 10.75 km a gravel river fording occurs. Further access is possible by drill roads,



Exploration History

1944: Lobanor Gold Mines Ltd. Trenching and sampling ,. Snodgrass Lake discovery area 1972: Conwest Exploration Co. Ltd. VLF-EM, magnetometer South-central portion of area, immediately east of Wawiag River. 1979: Mountainview Explorations Inc. Geology, HLEM, 2 DDH for 842 ft. (257m) Northeastern and southeastern parts of current property, in Fountain Lake area. 1985: Kennco Explorations (Canada) Geology, rock geochemistry Extreme northeast portion of property lies with south-central portion of Ltd. current property. 1986: Jet Mining Exploration Inc. Airborne VLF-EM , Amag (100m line spacing @ Majority of former Fountain Lake property. 320 deg., 100m terrain clearance) 1987: Matt Berry Mines Ltd. VLF-EM, magnetometer Central portion of southwest quarter of current property. 1987- 1988: Tamavack - Maple Leaf Joint Geology, soil sampling, rock geochemical Former Fountain Lake property Venture - Orequest Res. sampling, humus sampling, biogeochemistry, thin section studies, IP, VLF-EM, magnetometer, 29 DDH for 16,476 ft. (5,022m) 1988: Jet Mining Exploration Inc. Airborne VLF-EM , Amag ( 100m line spacing® Broad Horizons area, north of Fountain Lake. 235° 100m terrain clearance ) 1988: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. Amag., airborne VLF-EM South of Moss Lake 1988,1989, Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. Geology, rock geochemistry, AEM (Dighem III), Former Moss Lake portion of current property. 1990: IP/resistivity, 2 DDH for 1,394 ft. (425m) 1989: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. AEM (Dighem III), Airborne VLF-EM, Amag Moss Lake area 1990: Broad Horizons AEM (Dighem III) Northeast quarter of area, just north of Fountain Lake. 1990: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. Report of work, Broad Horizons Broad Horizons area, north of Fountain Lake (QES Zone). 1995: Belisle, O. Geology, prospecting, rock sampling Fountain Lake area. 1999 Landis Mining Co. Geological studies 1998,1999; Temowesky, J. and E. Belisle Geological studies, 4 DDH for 1,660 ft. (506m) Boundary Zone area. 1999: Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd. Compilation and proposed exploration report (SDA Geological Services Ltd.) Snodgrass and Fountain Lake Properties 1999: Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd. Linecutting, 66.6 km (Val d'Or Geosciences Services Inc.) Imperial grid, 400 ft. line spacing, extending south from former Noranda base line to area west of Fountain Lake. 2000: Geological mapping was completed by SDA Geological at 1:5000scale. 2000: Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd, Magnetic and VLF-EM surveys (Val d'Or Services Inc.)Induced Polarization survey (Geosig Inc.). 2003: Mose Lake Gold Mines completed a 7-DDH program of which 3-hole were drilled 150 to the NE along strike of the OGS sample site. 2004: Moss Lake Gold Mines completed a 9 DDH program completing and addirional 8 DDH (1223m) northeast of the OGS sample site.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52B10SE2008 52B10SE2008 52B10SE2008
52B10SE2010 52B10SE2010 52B10SE2010
52B10SE2020 52B10SE2020 52B10SE2020

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 19, 2017 (J Scott) - OGS 1991 Sample: 870 ppb Au; 6550 ppm Zn. Sphalerite visible in outcrop. 2004 DDH ML-04-16: 3 m @ 3.09 gpt. ML-04-22 3.15 m @2.25 gpt. 2008: DDH ML-08-11 12.2 m @ 1.65 gpt Au



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Location:


Publication - A preliminary geological model for syenite-associated disseminated gold deposits in the Abitibi belt, Ontario and Quebec

Publication Number: Cur Res 1997-C Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Robert, F.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/208646


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