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Record: MDI000000002263

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Molson Lake - 1984, Teck-Onitap - 1984
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2019-Feb-21
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-24
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Bomby

Latitude: 48° 40' 4.26"    Longitude: -85° 53' 30.26"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 581598   Northing: 5391126    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C12NW

Point Location Description: Point 148 from OGS map M2614

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1984: Pricemore Resources Inc. performed geological mapping, soil geochemistry, VLF-EM and magnetometer surveys. Onitap Resources drilled 3 DDH totalling 204.29 m. 1995: Teck Corona Operating Corp. drilled 1 DDH totaling 91.35 m. 2006: Golden Meadow Exploration carried out a magnetometer survey, geological mapping, and prospecting. 2007: Golden Meadow carried out sampling and an airborne magnetic and EM survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
W9640-00152 42C12NW0010 42C12NW0010
10 42C12NW8663 42C12NW8663
2.36645 20000013678 20000013678
42C12NW0064 42C12NW0180 42C12NW0180
2.31545 20000001227 20000001227

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Graphitic Granite Dyke Pegmatitic
Vein 2 Quartz Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 3 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2MolybdeniteEconomicOre
3GraphiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 21, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 28874 from DDH T95-27 returned an assay of 2420 ppm Mo and 350 ppb Au from a reddish pink graphic granite containing minor graphite and up to 5% pyrite (Assessment file 42C12NW0010). DDH 84-6 also intersected a 2 m thick quartz vein containing up to 2% molybdenite (Assessment file 42C12NW8663). Rock samples collected by Golden Meadow in 2007 assayed up to 2060 ppm Cu, 591 ppm Ni, and 912 ppm Co (Assessment file 20000013678).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological Compilation of the Eastern Half of the Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2614 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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