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Record: MDI000000001618

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Puppy Lake Sample 2255 - 2006
Related Record Type
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2013-Aug-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Stover

Latitude: 48° 18' 38.21"    Longitude: -83° 59' 17.89"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 278439   Northing: 5355141    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B05SW

Point Location Description: sample 2255 on sketch in WP Stover.17

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Via a series of roads and trails to the northeast shore of Puppy Lake. A 1.5 km boat ride to the area of stripping.



Exploration History

2005-2006: R. Salo - prospecting, sampling, trenching, geochemistry


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Stover.17 / 2.33161 20000001644 20000001644

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Tonalite 2 Tonalite Contains

Lithology Comments

Aug 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - The tonalite is intruded by a series of narrow mafic to ultramafic dikes. Quartz veins up to 20 m wide also are common on the property.




Mineralization Comments

Aug 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - Grab sample 2255 returned an assay of 0.27 g/t Au. Elevated gold values were recovered from a mafic to ultramafic dike.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

References

Map - Geological series, Stover Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0790 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1972

Author: Bennett G., Dupuis C.P., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines


Map - Stover and Brackin townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2380 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1977

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1976

Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines


MonoMap - Geology of the Crooked Lake area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R172 Scale:     Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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