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Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002229| Deposit Name(s) | Elephant Lake - 1991 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2018-Sep-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2018-Sep-25 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: copper, gold, molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: silver
Township or Area: Powell Lake Area, Tilly Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 29' 54.14" Longitude: -90° 54' 36.15"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 654390 Northing: 5373804 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B07NW, 52B10SW
Point Location Description: Location of 1996 trenches from AFRI 52B10SW0029
Location Method: data compilation
1991: E. Kukkee and R. Kwiatkowski conducted prospecting, trenching, sampling, and a Beepmat survey. 1992: R. Kwiatkowski and E. Kukkee drilled 3 DDH totaling 114.3 m. 1994: E. Kukkee and R. Kwiatkowski drilled 1 DDH totaling 84.7 m. 1995: E. Kukkee and R. Kwiatkowski carried out trenching and sampling. 1996: E. Kukkee and R. Kwiatkowski carried out trenching and sampling. 1998: K. Kukkee and R. Koivisto carried out VLF-EM and magnetometer surveys, prospecting and sampling. 2005: Canadian Golden Dragon Resources Ltd. carried out an IP survey. 2006: Canadian Golden Dragon drilled 2 DDH totaling 393 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.19431 | 52B07NW2003 | Open |
| 52B10SW8114 | 20000005149 | Open |
| W9540-00044 | 52B10SW0023 | Open |
| 2.32621 | 20000001504 | Open |
| 63.6210 | 42L12SW8020 | Open |
| W9540-00320 | 52B10SW0027 | Open |
| 2.14907 | 52B10SW8274 | Open |
| 2.14909 | 52B10SW8115 | Open |
| 2.32622 | 20000001442 | Open |
| W9640-00498 | 52B10SW0029 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| metasedimentary | 1 | |||
| porphyry | 2 | feldspar | ||
| vein | 3 | quartz | host | |
| mafic metavolcanics | 4 | near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 1 | quartz | economic | gangue | ||||
| 2 | carbonate | economic | gangue |
09/25/2018 (T Pettigrew) - Gold is hosted in the contact between the metasediments and feldspar porphyry. DDH 92-2 assayed up to 6784 ppm Cu, 1415 ppb Au, and 2390 ppm Mo (AFRI 20000005149). Prospector R. Koivisto collected a sample that assayed 0.5 gpt Au and 6% Cu (AFRI 52B07NW2003). DDH 94-1 had assays of up to 0.8166 opt Ag over 0.3 m, 4675 ppm Cu over 0.7 m, 9112 ppm Cu over 0.4 m, 8399 ppm Cu over 0.82 m, and 1070 ppm Mo over 0.4 m (AFRI 52B10SW0023). Grab samples collected by prospectors E. Kukkee and R. Kwiatkowski in 1991 returned assays up to 0.893 opt Au and 14.4% Cu (AFRI 42L12SW8020). Trench #3 from 1995 had two samples that assayed 0.6 gpt Au, 0.44% Mo, and 1.85% Cu, and 0.24 gpt Au, 0.14% Mo, and 2.42% Cu (AFRI 52B10SW0027).
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Wye and Hamlin Lakes Area
Publication Number: P2511 Scale: 1:20 000 Date: 2009
Author: Hart, T.R., and Metsaranta, D.-A.
Publisher Name: OGS
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