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Record: MDI42C04NE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Koala Resources DDH K-4 - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Nov-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-14
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Pukaskwa River Area

Latitude: 48° 9' 21.48"    Longitude: -85° 37' 31.57"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 602225.75   Northing: 5334549.2    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C04NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for Koala Resources ddh K-4 on former SSM 708430

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by air from Wawa.



Exploration History

1983-86: Captain Consolidated Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, geochemistry. 1988: Koala Resources Ltd. - 1 ddh (406 ft), mapping, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Pukaskwa R. -2 42C04NE0014 42C04NE0014
42C04NE0015 42C03NE0016 42C03NE0016
42C04NE0018 42C03NW0014 42C03NW0014
WP Pukaskwa R.-5 42C03NW0008 42C03NW0008

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
Intermediate Tuff 1 Siliceous Tuff Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values are returned from a siliceous zone within intermediate tuffs.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A sample of drill core returned 0.11 oz/t Au over 2.17 ft.



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:


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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