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Record: MDI41N13NE00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Noranda Line 126e Sample - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Sep-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-16
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Pilot Harbour Area

Latitude: 47° 58' 1.46"    Longitude: -85° 40' 45.48"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 598579.96   Northing: 5313484.5    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N13NE

Point Location Description: Line 126E

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter or float-equipped aircraft from Wawa.



Exploration History

1983: Villeneuve Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1988: Dominion Explorers Ltd. - mapping, geochemistry, airborne geophysics. 1989: Noranda Exploration Ltd./Central Crude Ltd. - mapping, geochemistry.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Pilot Harbour NE-10 41N13NE0009 41N13NE0009
WP Pilot Harbour NE-3 41N13NE0019 41N13NE0019
WP Pilot Harbour NE-5 42C03SW0053 42C03SW0053

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1, P. 494



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Tuff Host

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Noranda returned an assay of 1.03 gt Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Pipe Lake sheet

Publication Number: P3154 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1992

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Heather K.B., Logothetis J., Reilly B.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, south-central section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P2971 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1986

Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, Pukaskwa River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P0506 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Operation Pukaskwa, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: P0541 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2332 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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