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Record: MDI41P12SW00047

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper

Location

Township or Area: Yeo

Latitude: 47° 34' 37.9"    Longitude: -81° 58' 16.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 426965.61   Northing: 5269765.72    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41P12SW

Point Location Description: Old timbered lined shaft measuring 2 x 1 1/2m and 6m deep.

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Travel to the Chester North Road from Highway 144 by following the Sultan Road. Travel north 12 km to Schist Lake. The site lies 3 km north west from the boat launch along a creek that flows into a small bay on the south side of the lake.

Exploration History

1925: Mr. T.L. Gledhill visited the property which was inactive at the time but had an overgrown road leading to the shaft. 1932: It was reported that Mr. C.T. Young carried out some work on the old shaft and obtained values of 60 cents /ton (1g/t). 1939: Messrs Scott and Cousins prospected a number of showings in the area and collected a number of samples from this prospect with values of $0.70 and $0.75 ($35/oz.). 1958: The Three Duck Lakes Syndicate carried out an exploration program in the area during which a number of targets were drill tested. One hole (K-1) was spotted somewhere in the vicinity of the old shaft. 1979: Cominco carried out a ground magnetic survey and geological mapping program to the immediate west of this prospect. This work was directed at iron formation hosted gold mineralization. 1980: Hargor Resources carried out an airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey which covered the area. 1985: Blue Falcon carried out a regional airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey which covered the prospect. Ground follow-up in the following year consisted of a stripping / trenching program adjacent to the old shaft. No technical results from the ground work are on file. 1988: Kidd Resources carried out a stripping program in the area and excavated a number of trenches. 1990: Blue Falcon carried out an airborne magnetic and VLF electromagnetic survey over the area. 2007-2010: Augen Gold Corp.- AEM, AMag, ARAD; Assays, Pr. DD – 5 – 628m, Assays; EM, IP, RES, Mag. 2011: Sanatana Resources Inc. – AEM, AMag.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Ridout

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: <2690 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF3384A

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization is located in a carbonatized shear zone up to 2m thick which is parallel to the granite contact.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The shaft is located within 10m of a contact between a feldspar quartz porphyritic granite to the north and a mafic volcanic to the south. The mafic volcanic is a very soft, dark green unit with stretched pillows preserved locally separated by banded schistose phases. The schistose phases contain some carbonate lamellae and may be derived from hyaloclastic material. These metavolcanics may be ultramafic in composition. The granite porphyry is weakly foliated with about 20% feldspar and quartz phenocrysts. Feldspar phenocrysts are more dominant larger, <6mm, and subhedral. Quartz phenocrysts are <3mm and anhedral.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Disseminated sulphides occur within the carbonatized shear zone. Locally within this shear zone, sericite alteration occurs together with pyritic and quartz veining. The quartz veining, which has a low pyrite content, occurs as tectonically rotated knots and boudins which at the shaft is associated with possible albite alteration. Random prisms of amphibole occur associated with the sericitic and albitic alteration.

Jun 28, 2016 (A Wilson) - A sample of mineralized schist from the bottom of a 35 foot shaft assayed 0.03 oz/t Au. A second showing in iron formation reportedly yielded low gold values.

Jun 28, 2016 (P Bousquet) - Samples taken in the vicinity of the shaft and in adjacent trenches returned assays to up to 7.16 g/t gold (T-5852).

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 2       Structure Type: Contact

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Shear

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-2151

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office

Map - Three Duck Lakes area, District of Sudbury, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM41D Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1997

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 34  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999

Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Chester and Yeo townships, and parts of Neville and Potier townships, Jerome area, Sudbury District

Publication Number: P2449 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Chester, Neville, Potier and Yeo Townships

Publication Number: OFM0214 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1993

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Part - Geology of the Three Duck lakes area

Publication Number: ARV41-03.001 Page: 33  Date: 1998

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Gogama, Ontario

Publication Number: OF3384G Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210455

Part - Notes on the south part of the Grassy River area

Publication Number: ARV35-06.004 Date: 1998

Author: Gledhill T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Part - Geology of the Three Duck lakes area

Publication Number: ARV41-03.001 Date: 1998

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane

Publication Number: R157 Date: 1977

Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:

Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 122-123  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

MonoMap - Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralization of the Southern Margin of the Swayze Belt

Publication Number: OFR5844 Page: 80  Date: 1993

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)

Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 479-481  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

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