Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002334| Deposit Name(s) | Mokomon Road Au - 1993 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2019-Sep-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2019-Sep-11 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Conmee
Latitude: 48° 29' 4.23" Longitude: -89° 42' 33.63"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 299804 Northing: 5373699 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05NE
Point Location Description: Approximate location from map in 52A05NE8200
Location Method: data compilation
Access Description: The property is approximately 9 km north of the village of Kakabeka Falls. Direct access to the property is via Mokomon Road.
1956: New Fortune Mines Ltd. conducted an airborne magnetometer survey. 1961: Hanna Mining Company optioned the property. 1962: Hanna Mining Company conducted magnetometer and geological surveys. 1993: K. Kukee discovered the showing while prospecting and conducted trenching and sampling. 2011: Atlas Mining Ltd. conducted a helicopter-born high resolution magnetic and VLF-EM survey, prospecting and sampling. 2012: Atlas Mining carried out trenching and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.53446 | 20000007495 | Open |
| 2.14930 | 52A05NE8200 | Open |
| 63A.413 | 52A05NE0015 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gabbro | 1 | contains | ||
| vein | 2 | quartz | host | |
| iron formation | 3 | near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gold | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrite | economic | ore |
09/11/2019 (T Pettigrew) - The highest assay was 0.19 opt Au (5.91 g/t Au) from a gossanous quartz vein in a gabbro. The vein contained visible gold. Sample 108MSW from an altered gabbro returned 5 ppb Au and 54 ppm Zn (Assessment file 52A05NE8200).
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