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| Record Name(s) | T1 zone - 2011, Z Zone - 1989 |
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| Date Created | 2011-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Laurie
Latitude: 48° 33' 19.99" Longitude: -89° 58' 23.05"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 280626 Northing: 5382319 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A12SW
Point Location Description: assessment files coupled with Google Earth
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Gold was first noted in the Gold Creek area by government geologists in 1896. 1950-1960: Monpre Iron Mines Limited completed geological and geophysical surveys followed bydiamond drilling (19 diamond drill holes/3.228 metres) and bulk metallurgical tests over the Matawin Iron Range. 1958: George Chilian excavated four trenches and drilled 10 diamond drill holes (172 metres) at theChilian showing located near the western end of Sand Lake. 1988: Inco staked the Gold Creek East property and geologically mapped the area resulting in the discovery of 4 zones of gold mineralization. A 49.6 line km magnetometer survey wascompleted over the property. 1989: The Aa and Ab zones were stripped mechanically. Four diamond drill holes (243.84 metres) were completed to test these showings. 1990: Inco completed 7 diamond drill holes for a total of 664.34 metres plus stripping and washing of the Aa and Ab zones was completed followed by detailed geological mapping and geochemical sampling (216 rock samples). An IP survey consisting of one line kilometre was surveyed over the Aa zone. Five diamond drill holes (368.82 metres) were completed at the Aa zone in the fall of 1990. 1997: Seven diamond drill holes totaling 81411 metres were drilled on the Gold Creek East property. Prospecting located several interesting showings. One grab sample returned a value of 14.146 ppb Au (0.413 oz/t) from a narrow quartz veinlet hosted within a medium grained Timiskaming-type sediment. An induced polarization survey completed over the western end of the claim group delineated several conductive zones and aided in the interpretation of geological structures and alteration. Three trenches were excavated within the Gold Creek East claim group. Trench #3 is located entirely within the Gold Creek East property while trenches #1 and #5 straddle the Moose Calf - Gold Creek East boundary.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 52A12SW2013 | 52A12SW2013 | 52A12SW2013 |
| 2.46317 | 20000005623 | 20000005623 |
Aug 15, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - A sequence of grey-green to pink-orange, medium to coarse grained, east-west to eastsouth-east trending "Timiskaming type" sediments. The sediments have been intruded by east-west trending lamprophyre dykes. Several narrow white to glassy-grey (l -3cm) quartz veinlets cross-cut the sedimentary strata and can be traced over a strike length of 20 metres.
Aug 15, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - Several highly anomalous samples were returned over narrow widths. Several highly samples were returned over narrow widths. * 17.053 ppb Au (0.497 oz/0/0.18m * 8.841 ppb Au (0.258 ozAy0.3m * 1.136 ppb Au/0.17m * 1.187ppbAu(0.055ozyty0.18m
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Thunder Bay Sheet
Publication Number: M2664 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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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