Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Freewest Resources Occurrence - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Dec-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Abbie Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 11' 16.79" Longitude: -85° 23' 35.08"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 619431.25 Northing: 5338444.09 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03NW
Point Location Description: Quartz-carbonate vein at the east end of Douglas Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Drive west along the Eagle River Mine/Paint Lake access road for approximately 35 km. Douglas Lake lies approximately 750 m to the north of the road.
1992-96: Freewest Resources Inc. - prospecting, sampling, ground geophysics, soil sampling, stripping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP-Abbie Lake.16 | 42C03NW0015 | 42C03NW0015 |
| WP-Abbie Lake.13 | 42C03NW0001 | 42C03NW0001 |
| WP-Abbie Lake.19 | 42C03NW2002 | 42C03NW2002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Sericite-Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Quartz-Feldspar | Near | |
| Mafic pillowed flow | 3 | Pillowed | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted within a quartz-carbonate vein within a sericite-carbonate schist passing beneath Douglas Lake. The shear zone has returned numerous anomalous gold values. To the north of the shear zone, undeformed pillowed mafic metavolcanics have been observed.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay obtained by Freewest Resources was 5703 ppb Au from a quartz vein. Adjacent samples returned gold values ranging from 254 ppb Au to 2406 ppb Au. Anomalous gold values have also been obtained along strike in the vicinity of the south shore of Abbie Lake.
Map - Operation Pukaskwa, University River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P0507 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Pukaskwa River-University River area, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R153 Date: 1977
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Map - University River, Algoma and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2333 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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