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| Record Name(s) | Shabaqua Corners Gold - 2023, Main Zone - 2023, Gold Cache occurrence - 2011 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Dec-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Dawson Road Lots
Latitude: 48° 35' 11.99" Longitude: -89° 52' 35.85"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 287872 Northing: 5385504 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A12SW
Point Location Description: Field visit with GPS; confirmed with Google Earth
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The claims are accessed directly from Highway 17, 3 km. east of the junction of Highway's 11 and 17. Several private roads extending south from Highway 11-17 allow access to the northern part of the property through the Dawson Road Lots.
1994: Thomas Kukkee staked claims. 1995-1996: Prospecting. 1997: Overburden stripping. 1998: Overburden stripping and recon scale magnetic and VLF survey. 1999: Overburden stripping and 38.1 m of magnetic and VLF survey at 100 m lines. 2000-2002: Overburden stripping. 2003: Overburden stripping yielding a maximum assay of 10556 ppb Au. 2004-2005: Overburden stripping. 2006: Blasting and sampling in previously stripped areas yielding significant assays between 1.847 to 15.408 ppb Au. 2009: Claim ownership transferred to Patricia Kukkee. 2010-2016; Overburden stripping. 2023 Metals Creek Resources carried out sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.25913 | 52A12SW2030 | 52A12SW2030 |
| 2.19696 | 52A12SW2019 | 52A12SW2019 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Hanging Wall |
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| Chert | 2 | Host | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | |||
| Vein | 4 | quartz-carbonate |
| 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 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 |
Mar 23, 2011 (J Scott) - Gold in shear zones and veins associated with the Timiskaming/Archean unconformity.
Sep 14, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - Gold mineralization occurs in a chert/chert-breccia unit, with possible syngenetic implications and/or epigenetic concentration during dynamic metamorphism and/or deformation. The occurrence is on strike with the West and Bylund Pits prospects 3 km. to the east.
Jun 22, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - In 2023, 24 samples were collected with assays ranging from =0.005 to 42.8 g/t Au within strongly altered mafic volcanics. Alteration consists of pervasive iron carbonate with associated quartz carbonate veining and stockwork ranging from 2-30% of the host rock as well as local fuchsite within more sheared areas. Mineralization consists of trace to 10% disseminated to stringer pyrite with local arsenopyrite up to 1%. Very fine visible gold (VG) was noted within samples MAM23-001 and 020. Preliminary interpretation indicates gold mineralization occurs at the contact with mafic volcanics and sediments with associated shearing and iron carbonate alteration (Metals Creek Resources news release May 25, 2023).
Mono - Geology of Blackwell and Laurie townships
Publication Number: OFR5727 Date: 1990
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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Publication Number: MP107 Date: 1983
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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Publication Number: P2855 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Horne Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2856 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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