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Record: MDI42C04NE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Captain Consolidated DDH H-5 - 1986, Captain-Koala Occurrence - 1986, Koala South - 2020
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Nov-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Pukaskwa River Area

Latitude: 48° 9' 24.78"    Longitude: -85° 36' 10.77"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 603893   Northing: 5334681    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C04NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for ddh H-5 on map in Bold Ventures press release

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter.



Exploration History

1983-86: Captain Consolidated Resources Ltd. and Koala Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, geochemistry, ground geophysics, 1 ddh (269 ft). 2020: Bold Ventures Inc. carried out prospecting and sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Pukaskwa R. -1 42C04NE0013 42C04NE0013
42C04NE0018 42C03NW0014 42C03NW0014
WP Pukaskwa R. -2 42C04NE0014 42C04NE0014
42C04NE0015 42C03NE0016 42C03NE0016
63.4860 42C04NE0025 42C04NE0025
3902 20000019301 20000019301

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 Quartz-Carbonate Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Greywacke Host

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best drill intersection returned 0.11 oz/t Au over 5 ft.


Nov 01, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Hole H-4 returned >10,000 ppb Au over a 5 foot (1.52m) interval, although the comment was made that "initial check analysis confirmed these results but later analysis of these sample pulps and of re-sampled core returned only traces." Hole H-5 returned 3840 ppb Au over 5 ft (1.52m) (White, J.F., 1987) (Assessment files 42C04NE0025 & 42C04NE0014).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2332 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Geology, structure and economic geology of the Mishibishu Lake area

Publication Number: OFR5774 Page: 148  Date: 1991

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, Pukaskwa River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P0506 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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 - 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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