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| Record Name(s) | Dyke 7 - 1986 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2016-Aug-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-31 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Duckworth
Latitude: 48° 33' 40.94" Longitude: -90° 6' 7.97"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 713795 Northing: 5382752 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B09SE
Point Location Description: J.F Scott Visit & INCO Gold Assessment
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The showing 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.
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. 2020: Portofino Resources Inc. carried out prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.10955 | 52B09SE0032 | 52B09SE0032 |
| 2.13389 | 52B09SE0007 | 52B09SE0007 |
| 2.32789 | 20000001398 | 20000001398 |
| 3880, 3881 | 20000019257 | 20000019257 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
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