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Record: MDI42C01NW00053

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sweet Lake Gold - 1999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2001-May-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Debassige

Latitude: 48° 10' 55.47"    Longitude: -84° 23' 36.1"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 693751.12   Northing: 5339823.02    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C01NW

Point Location Description: Sample site on north shore of Sweet Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The best access to the area is by boat from Whitefish Lake lodge to the north west shore of Manitowik Lake, and then overland traverse to Sweet Lake.



Exploration History

1985: G. Cyr - airborne geophysics. 1998: Canabrava Diamond Corporation - airborne geophysics. 1998-2000: Porcheron and Bowes - prospecting.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Debassige.07 42C01NW2004 42C01NW2004
Finan-0036 42C08NE0044 42C08NE0044
WP Debassige.04 42C01NW2001 42C01NW2001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Sericite Host

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Three grab samples collected in the area returned assays of: 0.019 oz/t Au, 0.008 oz/t Au and 0.009 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - WP Debassige.5, WP Debassige.6

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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