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Record: MDI41N13NE00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Peek-A-Boo Gold Showing - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Sep-04
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-29
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Pilot Harbour Area

Latitude: 47° 58' 40.81"    Longitude: -85° 31' 50.44"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 609650.17   Northing: 5314899.96    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N13NE

Point Location Description: Oneida Resources grid 8+00E, 4+00S

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.



Exploration History

1983: Brass Ring Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1987-88: Oneida Resources Inc. - mapping, geochemistry, stripping, 14 ddh, airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Pilot Harbour NE-17 41N13NE0016 41N13NE0016
41N13NE0012 42C03SW0113 42C03SW0113
2.13155 / WP_Pilot Harbour_NE-11 42C04SE0004 42C04SE0004
WP Pilot Harbour NE-18 41N13NE0022 41N13NE0022

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
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Footwall
Intermediate Tuff 3 Chloritic Tuff, Sheared Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consits of a rusty quartz vein containing visible gold.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2BorniteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assays returned from the diamond drilling completed by Oneida Resources were: 0.095 oz/t Au over 2.5 ft; 0.327 oz/t Au over 2 ft and 0.294 oz/t Au over 2 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Irregular 60 300

References

File - Resident Geologist file WP Pilot Harbour 1

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Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Pilot Harbour sheet

Publication Number: P3155 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

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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

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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

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