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Record: MDI41N13NW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kink Lake Showing - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Sep-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Homer

Latitude: 47° 59' 1.25"    Longitude: -85° 48' 26.68"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 588989.25   Northing: 5315174.5    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N13NW

Point Location Description: South shore of Kink Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

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



Exploration History

1972-73: Asarco Exploration Co. Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1983: New Beginnings Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1985: 655 Group Holdings Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1988-91: Granges Inc/Mishibishu Gold Corporation. - airborne geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Homer-3 41N13NW0005 41N13NW0005
WP Homer-1 41N13NW0004 41N13NW0004
WP Homer-2 41N13NW0003 41N13NW0003
WP Homer-3 41N13NW0060 41N13NW0060

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
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Pyrite-Quartz-Biotite Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Fragmental Near
Ironstone-unsubdivided 4 Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Mishibishu Gold Corporation in 1988 returned an assay of 161 g/t Ag and 1.71 g/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files Homer-2

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Location: SSM RGP office


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

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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 - 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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