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Record: MDI42A05NE00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lucky Strike DDH No.1 - 1964, Carscallen Lake - 1991, Moleski Property - 1927
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Carscallen

Latitude: 48° 24' 57.87"    Longitude: -81° 43' 15.28"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 446657.19   Northing: 5362797.82    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 735 S/1570E on former claim P58535

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of logging roads heading north from highway 101W.



Exploration History

1927: Moleski - sampling, trenching. 1938: T. Villeneuve - sampling. 1964: Lucky Strike Explorations Ltd. - ground geophysics, 4 ddh (1388 ft), mapping. 1969: Claw Lake Molybdenum Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 4 ddh (1600 ft). 1984: J. Roy - trenching, assays. 1989: F. Zoebelein - ground geophysics. 1990: Tamaka Resources Inc. - mapping. 1994-2004: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, soil geochemistry, 1 ddh (99 m), airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0864 / 63.1534 42A05NE0354 42A05NE0354
T-1489 / 2.388 42A05NE0346 42A05NE0346
T-2889 / W8406-00218 42A05NE5027 42A05NE5027
T-2889 / 2.6959 42A05NE0326 42A05NE0326
T-3290 / 2.13026 42A05NE0307 42A05NE0307
T-3644 / W9660-00361 42A05NE0088 42A05NE0088
T-3644 / 2.15589 42A05NE0068 42A05NE0068
T-2889 / W8406-00216 42A05NE5026 42A05NE5026
T-1489 / 42A05NE0355 42A05NE0355
T-3290 / 2.12564 42A05NE0308 42A05NE0308
T-3433 / 2.14077 42A05NE0302 42A05NE0302
T-3644 / 2.17457 42A05NE0116 42A05NE0116
T-4135 / 2.19300 42A05NE2017 42A05NE2017
T-4587 / 2.21079 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026
T-0864 / 42A05NE0362 42A05NE0362
T-5029 / 2.28390 42A05NE2055 42A05NE2055

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Silicified Hanging Wall
Felsic Schist 3 Rhyolite Footwall

Lithology Comments

Jul 13, 2020 (A Wilson) - Slightly anomalous gold, zinc and copper values were returned from oxide facies iron formation interbedded with mafic metavolcanics and felsic breccia. The iron formation is described as consisting of massive pyrrhotite and pyrite, bands of chert with some magnetite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jul 13, 2020 (A Wilson) - The best assays recovered in 1927 returned $0.80 Au and 0.4% Cu.; and $1.50 Au. The best intersection returned $0.17 Au over 10 ft. from the Lucky Strike drilling. The best Cu intersection returned 0.04% Cu over 10 ft. The best Zn intersection returned 0.02%. The best assay returned from sampling done by J. Roy returned 0.108% Cu, 0.38 oz/t Ag.



Mineral Record Details

References

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: 42A-44  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


File - Resident Geologist files T-3597, T-3598

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Carscallen Township

Publication Number: P0023 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - The townships of Carscallen, Bristol and Ogden, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM35G Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Ogden, Bristol, and Carscallen townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Page: 11  Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name:

Location:


MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Denton and Carscallen Townships

Publication Number: OFR6093 Date: 2002

Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Denton and Carscallen Townships

Publication Number: P3517 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2002

Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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