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| Record Name(s) | Beggs - 1960, Number One Zone - 1960 |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2017-Dec-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Rowan Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 17' 29.76" Longitude: -93° 42' 51.69"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 448056 Northing: 5460118 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F05SE
Point Location Description: Figure in press release http://www.abnnewswire.net/media/en/docs/542346.pdf
Location Method: Data Compilation
1960: Noranda prospectors J. Burke and A. Bouchie discovered the showing. Noranda conducted line cutting, geological mapping, trenching and sampling, ground magnetic and EM geophysical surveys, and drilled 22 DDH totaling 881 m, as well as 9 shallow pack sack drillholes for at least 77 m. 1961: Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. drilled 4 DDH totaling 180 m. 1974: Noranda drilled 3 DDH totaling 223 m on the western extension of the Beggs Prospect. Mid-1980s: Nuinsco drilled 7 DDH totaling 848 m. 2010: Coventry Resources Ltd. drilled 10 DDH for 1412 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.4780 | 52F05SE0021 | 52F05SE0021 |
| 63.4288 | 52F05SE0077 | 52F05SE0077 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Dec 15, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - The original Noranda Beggs Lake #1 Zone discovered in 1960 is a gabbro-hosted gold occurrence (AFRI 52F05SE0021).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 15, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Beggs showing consisted of a quartz-carbonate vein extending over 600 feet east-west trike length west of Beggs Lake (AFRI 52F05SE0077). Results from the 1960 Noranda drill program included 17.48 gpt Au over 2.3 m from 2.4 m in DDH PS-60-1; 8.79 gpt Au over 2.5 m from 5.6 m in DDH PS-60-2; 3.3 gpt Au over 3.1 m from 25.4 m in DDH PS-60-9. DDH 61-34 had 3.09 g/t Au over 1.5 m from 37.4 m. The best result from the Nuinsco drill program was 2.0 gpt Au over 6.3 m from 42.1 m (Lycopodium, 2013).
Publication - Cameron Gold Camp Project Preliminary Economic Assessment
Publication Number: 2013 NI 43-101 Date: 2013
Author: Lycopodium Minerals
Publisher Name: Coventry Resources
Location: SEDAR
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