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Record: MDI000000001882

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bond HW89-03 - 1989
Related Record Type
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2016-Jan-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Lecours

Latitude: 48° 41' 12.01"    Longitude: -86° 7' 41.15"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 564172   Northing: 5392992    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42D09NE

Point Location Description: Point 14 on OGS map M2614

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1982: Intercontinental Energy Corp. conducted preliminary geological mapping. 1984-85: Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. drilled 2 DDH totaling 559 m. 1989: Bond Gold Canada Inc. drilled 6 DDH totaling 1000 m. 1991: Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd. conducted geological mapping and sampling and drilled 10 DDH totaling 1319 m. 1997: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. conducted an IP survey. 2009: Beaufield Resources Inc. flew airborne electromagnetic and magnetometer surveys. 2010: Beaufield Resources conducted an IP and MT survey. Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. was contracted to produce a 3D model of the property.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
18 42D09NE0100 42D09NE0100
2.41108 20000003871 20000003871
12 42D09NE0122 42D09NE0122
OM91-142 42D09NE0059 42D09NE0059
63.4203 42D09NE0035 42D09NE0035
2.16422 42D09NE0054 42D09NE0054
2.5551 42D09NE0077 42D09NE0077
2.6807 42D09NE0044 42D09NE0044
2.47621 20000006196 20000006196
63.4421 42D09NE0112 42D09NE0112
2.44500 20000004562 20000004562

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 13, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - Interbedded wacke, siltstone, pelite (M2614).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2MolybdeniteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
SericiteAlterationSericitization1UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Jan 13, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - 1-2% disseminated to stringered pyrite and molybdenum. No assays (M2614). DDH HY89-03 from 106.63-116.34 m: dark grey, fine-grained laminated sediments with up to 10% sulphides occurring as grains, stringers, and flecks. Distinct bluish hue from molybdenum to about 40% of the core, with discrete laminations or bands ranging from 1-4 mm to 2-3 cm wide. 128.75-129.8 m: laminated sediments with bluish hue from molybdenum. Strongest moly alteration from 128.75-129.2 m, with <1% pyrite and pyrrhotite (AFRI 42D09NE0100).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological Compilation of the Eastern Half of the Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2614 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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