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Record: MDI42C12NW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dakota Energy - 1983, Caulfield Resources - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-01
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Wabikoba Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 43' 4.63"    Longitude: -85° 57' 55.84"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 576091   Northing: 5396619    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C12NW

Point Location Description: Point 39 on OGS map M2614

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1982: Dakota Energy Corp. carried out soil sampling, magnetometer and VLF surveys. 1983: Dakota Energy Corp. conducted an IP survey and drilled 7 DDH totalling 998 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.5136 42C12NW0140 42C12NW0140
23 42C12NW0127 42C12NW0127
2.5899 42C12NW0106 42C12NW0106
2.6005 42C12NW0111 42C12NW0111
2.4981 42C12NW0152 42C12NW0152

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Tuff 1 Tuff
Granodiorite 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 27, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Muir (2000) described the showing as having 1% disseminated pyrite in a deformed felsic tuff. A surface grab sample assayed 2.02 ppm Au. A 980 ppb Au assay was returned from an 8 foot (2.4 m) sand seam at the bottom of DDH 426-83-7 (Assessment file 42C12NW0127).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological Compilation of the Eastern Half of the Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2614 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Thunder Bay RGP


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