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Record: MDI000000001983

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Dogpaw Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 17' 4.95"    Longitude: -93° 48' 23.49"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 441346   Northing: 5459419    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F05SW

Point Location Description: Map in AFRI 20000000734

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The area of the Stephen Lake can be accessed via a combination of truck and boat The paved, all season Highway 71 runs north-south along the western boundary of the Dogpaw Property. From there, the grave), but well maintained, Cameron Lake Mine Road extends east from the Highway across the central portion of the Dogpaw Property, to the Cameron Lake Mine, a distance of approximately 25 kilometres. The road is privately owned and maintained by Nuinsco Resources Ltd, and a permit is required to access and travel the road. At kilometer 13 on the Cameron Lake Mine Road a boat is required to traverse Stephen and Little Stephen Lakes to access the Stephen Lake grid. Grid lines llN to 8N can be accessed in this manner. During the winter months a snowmobile can access the grid in the same manner, plus traverse the property all the way to the Starlyght showing via a skidoo trail cut out during the 2004 drill program. An alternative access route to the southern portion of the Stephen Lake grid is via a float plane ride from Nestor Falls to Weisner Lake. The peninsula in the middle of the north shore of Weisner Lake provides easy access into the southern portions of the gridded area.

Exploration History

1960-2: Noranda Mines Ltd. targeted both gold and base metals in two separate areas. In the first, the company did further geological mapping in the area between Derry and Stephen Lakes. 1975: Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Company Ltd. conducted an airborne electromagnetic survey directed at base metals at Stephen Lake. 1983: Rio Canex Inc. diamond drilled 3 holes at the north end of Weisner Lake. 1984-5: Flint Rock Mines Ltd. did geological mapping and airborne electromagnetic and magnetic surveys directed at gold exploration over a claim group between Little Stephen and Weisner Lakes. Joe Hinzer and John Temowesky conducted an airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey. 2002: Cunniah Lake Inc. optioned the property and completed a major property compilation of historical assessment work. 2003. Cunniah Lake Inc commisioned a NI 43-101 compliant report, completed a small reconnaissance prospecting program. 2004: Endurance Gold Corp. optioned the property, and carried out a reconnaissance program on the Dogpaw Property. Two new gold occurrences were identified during this work one being the Starlyght showing, which was trenched and sampled. 2004: a seven-hole, 850.4 metre diamond drilling program on the Starlyght showing was undertaken. 2005: geological mapping and soil sampling was conducted and the Jest showing discovered. 2007: North American Uranium Corp. completed a 3 hole diamond drilling program during March 2007, in the vicinity of the Starlyght and Weisner Lake North Showings for a total of 765.0 meters. 2008: Metals Creek Resources conducted a prospecting program. 2010: Metals Creek Resources conducted a prospecting/sampling and mapping program.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Kakagi-Rowan Lakes

Geological Age: Archean  

Lithology

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Sep 18, 2017 (W Bellinger) - Quartz vein in cliff face at ; #709689 assayed 1.59 ppm Au. Wallrock halo: #709686 assayed 14.09 ppm Au. The samples are from an 80 cm wide east-dipping bull white quartz vein and its surrounding wallrock. The vein could only be traced for 10 m along strike as it dips into a cliff face (AFRI 20000000734).

Sep 18, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Jest Showing was tested during the 2005 program by samples 709690 and 709691. They are from a strongly ankeritized granodiorite with 5-6% fine to medium-grained pyrite and assayed 2.20 and 2.36 gpt Au.

Mineral Record Details

References

Thesis - Emplacement of the Stephen Lake Pluton Crow Lake Area

Publication Number: BSc thesis Date: 1979

Author: Osadetz, Kirk G.

Publisher Name: University of Toronto

Location: Kenora RGP

Map - Precambrian Geology Kakagi-Rowan Lakes Area

Publication Number: P3594 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2007

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Map - Geological series, Cedartree Lake area, District of Kenora

Publication Number: P0731 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Davies J.C., Morin J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:

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