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Record: MDI42C03SW00061

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cameron Lake Zone - 1986, Clyde Showing - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Oct-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-13
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Mishibishu Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 0' 50.79"    Longitude: -85° 27' 13.01"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 615320.45   Northing: 5319025    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C03SW

Point Location Description: Northeastern corner of Cameron Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The property is located approximately 50 km west of Wawa. The mine is accessed by travelling west on Highway 17 for approximately 48 km and then travelling down the Paint Lake Road (Magnacon Road or Eagle River road) for approximately 60 km to the River Gold camp.



Exploration History

1984: Wasabi Resources Ltd./Chavin of Canada Ltd./O'Brien Energy and Resources Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, geochemistry. 1987-88: Dominion Explorers Inc. - airborne geophysics, geochemistry. 1996: Murgor Resources Inc. - prospecting, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Mishibishu Lake 0029 42C03NW0098 42C03NW0098
WP Mishibishu Lake.55 42C03SW0049 42C03SW0049
WP Mishibishu Lake.46 42C04SE0025 42C04SE0025
WP Mishibishu Lake.15 42C03SW0066 42C03SW0066
WP Mishibishu Lake.12 42C03SW0068 42C03SW0068

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Host
Sandstone 2 Arenite Near
Ironstone-unsubdivided 3 Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Noranda reportedly returned assays of 14.4 g/t Au, 7.83 g/t Au, 2.07 g/t Au and 8.9 g/t Au. Prospecting along strike by Murgor returned assay values up to 1.5 g/t Au from grab samples up to 1 km NE of the original showing.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files Mishibishu Lake 0030,

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Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Petroleum resources map, isopach Oriskany-Springvale sandstone, Lake Erie map B, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2790 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1985

Author: Bailey Geological Services Ltd.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Point Isacor sheet

Publication Number: P3156 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1992

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Heather K.B., Logothetis J., Reilly B.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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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

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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

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Map - Mishibishu Lake area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49J Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Evans E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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