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Record: MDI42C04NE00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Koala Resources DDH K-9 - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Nov-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-14
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Pukaskwa River Area

Latitude: 48° 10' 9.51"    Longitude: -85° 36' 58.57"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 602880.82   Northing: 5336044.18    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C04NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar 200 ft east of L92W/10+00S on Koala Resources grid

Location Method: Based on Assessment

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



Exploration History

1983-86: Captain Consolidated Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, geochemistry. 1988: Koala Resources Ltd. - 1 ddh (506 ft), mapping, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
42C04NE0015 42C03NE0016 42C03NE0016
42C04NE8753 20000005067 20000005067
2.11809 / WP Pukaskwa R.-5 42C03NW0008 42C03NW0008
63.5508 42C04NE8754 42C04NE8754

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 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Granodiorite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values are returned from a narrow, siliceous band within gneiss. The gneiss is reportedly a paragneiss.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 1.3 ft sample of drill core returned an assay of 0.01 oz/t Au.



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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