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Record: MDI42B04NW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mantle Lake Property - 2000, East C Property - 2000, Kap South Property - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Jul-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-15
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Diamond, Kimberlite



Location

Township or Area: Bader

Latitude: 48° 10' 29.23"    Longitude: -83° 59' 16.39"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 277882   Northing: 5340045    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B04NW

Point Location Description: Grab sample from outcrop

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the highway is via highway 651 a secondary highway located roughly halfway between Wawa and Chapleau. Access throughout the property is via a series of logging roads.



Exploration History

1997-99: Canabrava Diamond Corporation - airborne geophysics, KIM sampling. 2000: M. Tremblay - prospecting, trenching, sampling, petrography. 2005-2007: Golden Chalice Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, prospecting, sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Bader.3/ 2.4533 42B04NW2002 42B04NW2002
WP Bader.4/ 2.34221 20000000008 20000000008
WP Bader.5 / 2.35880 20000002382 20000002382
WP Bader.7 / 2.35972 20000002382 20000002382
WP Dolson.12 / 2.41605 20000004190 20000004190
WP Bader.9/ 2.36212 20000002483 20000002483
WP Marsh.5/ 2.37276 20000002709 20000002709
WP Bader.2 / 2.4460 42B04NW2001 42B04NW2001
T-4412 / 2.19770 42G02NE2002 42G02NE2002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Kimberlite-Unsubdivided 1 Orangeite Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Six individual dikes were discovered on the property. The outcrop contains nodules of lherzolite and eclogite in a matrix that was classified as orangeite.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - One macro diamond was recovered from a 47.5 kg sample.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Kimberlites and ultrabasic rocks of the Wawa, Cobalt, Kirkland Lake areas

Publication Number: Field Guide Date: 2003

Author: Kjarsgaard et al.

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1976

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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