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Record: MDI000000001965

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West Golden Sceptre - 1997, Sceptre NGC-219 - 1997, Sceptre NGC-216 - 1997
Related Record Type
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Record Status Prospect
Date Created 2016-Jul-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Lecours

Latitude: 48° 41' 35.51"    Longitude: -85° 59' 53.07"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 573732   Northing: 5393835    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42D09NE

Point Location Description: M2614

Location Method: Other

Access Description: Access is gained from the Rous Lake pit road and then via the east-west hydro line onto the maze of drill trails.



Exploration History

1982: Golden Sceptre Resources carried out geological mapping. 1997: Battle Mountain Canada Ltd. drilled 4 DDH totalling 1640 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.40003 20000003764 20000003764
2.18099 42C12NW0048 42C12NW0048
2.5101 42D09NE0089 42D09NE0089
2.17583 42C12NW0031 42C12NW0031
2.17208 42C12NW0026 42C12NW0026
42C12NW0023 42C12NW8705 42C12NW8705

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Feb 15, 2019 (Andrew Tims) - Sheared, altered, pyritic, mafic volcanic, Several intersections in QFP and mafic volcanic;




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jul 12, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - 3-5% diss. Py, 2.371g/t over 1.50 m, 1 to 3% diss. Py, 1.417 to 6.636 ppm Au/1.0 to 1.4 m.


Feb 15, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH NGS-213 assayed up to 0.93 ppm Au over 1 m and 1.245 ppm Au over 0.95 m (Assessment file 42C12NW0031). DDH NGS-212 returned assays up to 5.046 ppm over 1.0 m, 7483 ppm over 0.95 m, and 2.321 ppm over 1 m (Assessment file 42C12NW0026). DDH NGS-219 assayed up to 2.371 ppm over 1.5 m (Assessment file 42C12NW0048). DDH NGS-220 returned assays up to 1.417 ppm over 1 m, 6.636 ppm Au over 1 m, and 1.450 ppm over 1.4 m (Assessment file 42C12NW0048).



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

Location:


Map - Hemlo, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2452 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1981

Author: Muir T.L., Lafleur J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Hemlo Gold Deposit Area, Structural Geology, Western Part

Publication Number: M2606 Scale: 1:5,000    Date: 1997

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Structural geology of the Hemlo gold deposit area [west sheet]

Publication Number: OFM0182A Scale: 1:5,000    Date: 1991

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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