Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Challenger - 2023 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2023-Dec-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Dec-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Satterly Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 20' 51.62" Longitude: -92° 27' 1.19"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 538281 Northing: 5688632 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N08SW
Point Location Description: Point location collected from First Mining Gold, news release, December 5, 2023.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is available by float plane or boat.
2023: First Mining Gold completed exploration work at that newly discovered occurrence. 18 grab samples from this occurrence were collected, out of a total of 56 during the mapping and prospecting field program.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Belt: Birch-Uchi
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Is | ||
| Conglomerate | 3 | |||
| Granodiorite | 4 | Adjacent |
Dec 11, 2023 (Paul Malegus) - December 11, 2023 (P. Malegus) The Challenger occurrence is hosted within a thick bedded turbidite sequence, with adjacent conglomerate and a mineralized granodiorite intrusion just to the south. Mineralization is contained within multiple quartz veins (First Mining Gold Corp., news release, December 5, 2023).
| 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 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Dec 11, 2023 (Paul Malegus) - December 11, 2023 (P. Malegus) Pyrite mineralization is present within two generations of quartz veining, along a sheared structure over a 60 m strike length. Disseminated pyrite ranges from 1-5% present and quartz veining ranges in width from 1- 50 cm. 18 grab samples were collected from the Challenger occurrence. Significant assay results include 25.6 g/t Au (C261398), 7.10 g/t Au (C261809), 4.42 g/t Au (C261397) and 3.10 g/t Au (C261802) (First Mining Gold Corp., news release, December 5, 2023).
Dec 11, 2023 (Paul Malegus) - December 11, 2023 (P. Malegus) Silica and carbonate alteration associated with the sheared structure and quartz veining (First Mining Gold Corp., news release, December 05, 2023).
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