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MDI000000002263
| 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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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt
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
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.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| W9640-00152 | 42C12NW0010 | 42C12NW0010 |
| 10 | 42C12NW8663 | 42C12NW8663 |
| 2.36645 | 20000013678 | 20000013678 |
| 42C12NW0064 | 42C12NW0180 | 42C12NW0180 |
| 2.31545 | 20000001227 | 20000001227 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Graphitic Granite Dyke | Pegmatitic |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
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).
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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