Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002378| Deposit Name(s) | Cc Zone - 1970 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2020-Feb-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Feb-13 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Secondary Commodities: zinc
Township or Area: Six Mile Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 58' 46.04" Longitude: -90° 49' 32.96"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 655877 Northing: 5538612 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52G15NW
Point Location Description: Trenching and drilling
Location Method: data compilation
1970: L.J. Cunningham and E. Chorzepa discovered the showing. 1973: Santa Maria Mines Ltd. conducted geological and geophysical surveys, and drilled 2 DDH totaling 61 m. 1982-83: Canadex Resources Ltd. and associated companies carried out geological mapping, stripping, and trenching. 1984: Canadex et al. conducted an IP survey. 1985: Santana Petroleum Corp. drilled 10 DDH totaling 1520 m. 1992: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. resampled historic drill core and carried out a field program of line cutting, geophysical surveys, geological mapping and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.5027 | 52G15NW0003 | Open |
| 52G15NW CZ-0045 | 52G15NW0012 | Open |
| 2.15138 | 52G15NW9300 | Open |
| 52G15NW DJ-0050 | 52G15NW0021 | Open Open |
| 52G15NW0088A1 | 52G15NW0019 | Open |
| 52G15NW0073A1 | 52G15NW0120 | Open |
| 52G15NW0062A1 | 52G15NW0133 | Open |
| 52G15NW0078C1 | 52G15NW9257 | Open |
| 52G15NW FH-0090A1 | 52G15NW0006 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Sturgeon Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| breccia | 1 | siliceous | host | |
| felsic metavolcanics | 2 | lapilli tuff |
02/13/2020 (T Pettigrew) - The CC showing is semi-massive auriferous pyrite in a siliceous brecciated unit (Assessment report 52G15NW0003).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore |
02/13/2020 (T Pettigrew) - Slightly anomalous gold (1.88 g over 2.7m) was encountered by Santa Maria Mines in a zone of coarse felsic fragmental rocks containing 10-50% pyrite over 4.5 to 6.1 m. In 1985, Santana Petroleum Corp. traced the CC zone over a 1200 m strike length by IP, surface trenching, and diamond drilling. They intersected a siliceous pyritic unit at the contact between pervasively carbonatized agglomerate-lapilli tuffs and finer overlying crystal and ash tuffs. The siliceous unit, averaging approximately 1.5 m in width returned assay values up to 860 ppb Au and 511 ppm Zn. The sulphide mineralization consists of blebs and stringers of pyrite and lesser amounts of pyrrhotite, ranging from 10% py/1.5m to 25% py/6.2m. Massive pyrite is absent, however narrow intervals of semi-massive pyrite (50-60%) are present. Gold assays from the drill program reached 1.88 g/t Au over 2.7 m (Assessment report 52G15NW9300).
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