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General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Duckworth

Latitude: 48° 33' 58.47"    Longitude: -90° 5' 47.94"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 714185   Northing: 5383309    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B09SE

Point Location Description: J. F. Scott visit

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: The prospect is easily accessible through the all-weather gravel road, the Duckworth road, which branches from the paved road leading to the former Inco Shebandowan Mine, some 2 kilometers from Highway 11. Access to area via the ATV driveable 518 road to the I Zone. After the I Zone trenches the trails may be accessible to the area of the occurence.

Exploration History

1896: Au first reported by OGS geologist on the shores of Gold Creek. Historically, the property has been explored for Fe and Au mineralization associated with Fe formations; 1943: Gunflint Fe mines- prospecting, channel sampling, DDH (12 holes, 852 m) to test coincident Matawin Fe formation with Au mineralizations; 1956: Monpre Mining Company- looked at the Matawin Fe formation and DDH, mapping, geophysics- and this delineated 100 Mt of 30% Fe and open pit pre-feasibility study completed; 1958: G. Chilian- trenching, DDH (x10); 1972: D. Scali and V. Borschneck- Airborne mag, electromag, and DDH (x3) (see Scali occurrence MDI); 1971: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd.- linecutting, ground geophysics, DDH; 1983: Jalna Resources- ground and airborne geophysics, mapping, trenching, sampling (several Au mineralized zones were found: North, South, Ternowesky and Creek Zones); 1984: Anaconda Canada Exploration Ltd.- DDh (x13) and found many anomalous Au values (Izone, North Zone, Tzone and Creek Zone); 1985-1989: Noranda- magnetics, gravity surveys, geochemical sampling, mapping, channel sampling; 1987: Inco Gold Company- prospecting, trenching, DDH (see mineralization note); 1994: OGS mapping of Duckworth township; 1991: MNDM Regional Airborne survey; 1995: Anaconda- ground geophysics, trenching, DDH; 1995: Wing Resources Ltd. drilled the T-Zone; 1995-1997: Landore Resources Inc.- ground and airborne geophysics, trenching, DDH (x7) in the I-zone; 2004: Ternowesky, Mengold, and Soloman Resources (joint venture) DDH (x6) and released and updated NI 43-101 Resources, soil sampling, and IP survey.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Shebandowan

Geological Age: Archean  

Lithology

Mineralization Comments

Aug 23, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - JF Scott Field Visit: 15U 714185/5383309 Inco W Zone Dike 20 @ 51.2 g/t Au;

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Duckworth Township

Publication Number: M2621 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1995

Author: Rogers M.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Laurie Township, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: P3083 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1987

Author: Carter M.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Mono - Geology of Adrian, Marks, Sackville, Aldina and Duckworth Townships, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: OFR5896 Date: 1994

Author: Rogers M.C., Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Adrian, Marks, Sackville, Aldina and Duckworth Townships

Publication Number: R295 Date: 1995

Author: Rogers M.C., Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

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