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MDI42D14NW00031
| Record Name(s) | Tribe East - 1917, American Wonder - 9999, Keevil Mining - 1960 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jan-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum, Copper
Township or Area: Pays Plat Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 59' 38.79" Longitude: -87° 18' 4.57"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 477961.77 Northing: 5426844.66 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D14NW, 42E03SW
Point Location Description: Shallow pit, trenches.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The location of the two occurrences, one east and one west of a flooded area, is approximately 1.2 km west of Big Duck Lake some 27 km north of Schreiber (claim map G-606). The Big Duck Lake area can be accessed by aircraft or via a drill trail from the Winston Lake Mine site.
1917: Staked by R.A. Tribe and P. Pyke. 1959: V.B. Feeley staked the showing. 1961: The property was transferred to KRNO Mines Limited. 1966: The claims lapsed. 1982: R. Szyda staked the showing and transferred all interest to Corporation Falconbridge Copper. 1983-84: Corporation Falconbridge Copper completed extensive exploration on a large block of claims. 2013: Clear Gold carried out prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.54658 | 20000008066 | 20000008066 |
| 2.7632 | 42E03SE8252 | 42E03SE8252 |
| 2.6770 | 42D14NE0046 | 42D14NE0046 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The east deposit is exposed in a shallow pit, about 3 m in diameter, in volcanic breccia. It is a sugary-textured quartz vein, 0.6 m in width, that strikes N65 degrees west and dips 75-80 degrees NE. The west Tribe deposite is found in two trenches, 9.1 m apart, about 366 m west of the east deposit. It is in an east-west zone of pyritized hornblende schist, 9.1 m or more in width, dipping 65-75 degrees north. At the south side of this zone, the schist is interrupted by a narrow quartz vein.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | Volcanic Breccia | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Hornblende | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Veins | ||
| Pyrite | Alteration | Sulphidation | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Mineralization in the east deposit consists of pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite. A channel sample across the vein (taken by W. Piche) indicated the gold content to be negligible. Samples of the schist (west deposit), taken over a width of 2 m by the Keevil Mining Group (September 1960) from the north end of the east trench, showed low gold content. The best sample, over a width of 1 m, assayed 0.06 oz/ton Au.
May 17, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 237021 collected in 2013 by Clear Gold assayed 178 ppb Au, 6 ppm Ag, 1253 ppm Cu, 928 ppm Pb, and 751 ppm Zn. The grab sample taken from rubble adjacent to a blast pit located in mafic volcanics. This sample is dominantly translucent white quartz (presumably from the blasted vein) and contains trace pyrite and chalcopyrite. Locally magnetic where xenoliths/fragments of mafic volcanic host occur (Assessment file 20000008066).
Date: Dec 08, 2000
Geologist: B Schnieders
Notes: Pye (1964) states that the best sample, over a width of 3.0 feet (~1m), assayed 0.06 ounce of gold per ton.
Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral deposits of the Big Duck Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R027 Page: 38-39 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Schreiber-Hemlo Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files, Thunder Bay office
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Map - Big Duck Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: M2023 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 75 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 301 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 156-157 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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