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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ac Zone - 1989
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2016-Sep-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Andrew Tims
Revised By Andrew Tims

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Laurie

Latitude: 48° 32' 56.44"    Longitude: -89° 59' 38.46"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 279052.07   Northing: 5381652.19    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B09SE

Point Location Description: Airphoto

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access is by a gravel road south from Shabaqua for 7.3 kilometres to Lower Falls on the Matawin River. From this point, an ATV trail followed 3.5 kilometres west provides access to the southeast portion of the property.



Exploration History

1896: Gold was first reported In the area of Gold Creek by government geologists. 1928: Stripping, trenching and sampling was done by R. Welsh on what Is presently the Gold Creek West property. 1943-44: Gunflint Iron Mines prospected In the area and completed a 12 hole, 852 metre (2,796 foot) diamond drilling program to test the Iron formation and associated gold showings. 1956-57: Monpre Mining Company explored a block of claims which covered the Matawln Iron formation In central Duckworth and Laurie Townships. Geological and magnetometer surveys were completed and several trenches were excavated. Nineteen diamond drill holes totalling 3,228 metres (10,592 feet) were completed to test the Iron formation. 1969-73: M. Pendziwol did stripping, trenching and sampling on what Is now the Gold Creek West block. 1980: Trenching, stripping and sampling was done by S. Hyrmanak and N. Scollle In the West Gold Creek area. 1987: Noranda Exploration acquired the Pendziwol property. Geological and magnetometer surveys were completed. The option was terminated later In the year. 1988: lnco staked 31 claims (Gold Creek East) covering a portion of a belt of Timiskaming sediments. A grid was cut over the property followed by geology and magnetometer surveys . The Gold Creek West property was acquired by staking and optioning. This was followed by line cutting and a magnetometer survey. The Gold Creek East was prospected followed by mechanical stripping of a number of gold showings. Four diamond drill holes were completed. 1989: The Gold Creek West was geologically mapped and prospected. A number of showings located by prospecting were stripped and washed followed by detail mapping and sampling. The best showings were tested by 16 diamond drill holes. 1991: Five diamond drill holes totalling 368.82 metres were drilled. 1990: Seven diamond drill holes totaling 81411 metres were drilled 200 west of the Aa zone by Green Ice Corporation after a program of prospecting and IP surveying. 2004: Joe Hackl conducted prospecting, trenching and sampling of the property. 2011. Lac Des Iles Mines covered the showing in a 384 line-km magnetic survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.33374 20000002535 20000002535
2.48012 20000006775 20000006775
52A12SW-47 / 52B09SE-66 / 63.6143 52B09SE0078 52B09SE0078
52A12SW-47 / 2.12117 52B09SE0082 52B09SE0082

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Shebandowan

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Sep 06, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - Mineralization is characterized by variably silicified, carbonatized, sericitized and pyritized sediments adjacent to quartz veinlets and/or veins which contain locally abundant iron carbonate and sulphides. Pyrite is ubiquitous, whereas galena and chalcopyrite are locally present. The majority of the areas of interest are spatially associated with the trace of a northeast - southwest sinistral fault which displaces stratigraphy by 200 to 300 metres.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 06, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - A forty centimetre wide weakly calcareous quartz vein containing up to 10% iron carbonate, 3% pyrite, < 1% galena, trace chalcopyrite and up to 3.29 ppm gold cuts moderately silicified and locally carbonatized sandstones. The attitude of this vein is azimuth 240-248°. A second vein up to 10 centimetres wide occurs 20 metres to the south and is oriented at azimuth 211-230°. This vein contains similar amounts of pyrite, galena and chalcopyrite. Wallrock alteration is also similar and assays are up to 510 ppb gold.



Mineral Record Details

References

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


Mono - Geology of Blackwell and Laurie townships

Publication Number: OFR5727 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: Carter M.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Alkalic rocks of the Thunder Bay area

Publication Number: OFR5820 Scale:     Date: 1992

Author: Carter M.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Results of Regional Humus and Till Sampling in the Eastern Part of the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5993 Scale:     Date: 1999

Author: Bajc A.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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