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MDI42E12NW00019
| Record Name(s) | Archie Lake - 1952, Jones-Sijpkens - 1972 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Summers
Latitude: 49° 38' 51.81" Longitude: -87° 57' 25.21"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 430915 Northing: 5499904 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E12NW
Point Location Description: Center of ARC Trench 1 from AFRI 20000001031
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located in the north-central portion of Summers Township, approx. 1 km west of Archie Lake and 5 km due north of Beardmore. Access to the main stripped area is gained by travelling west on Highway 580 from the junction of Highway 11, north of Beardmore, for 5.4 km to the 72 Road and continuing a further 4.6 km in a northeasterly direction to the occurrence access road. The stripped zone lies approximately 500 m west at the end of a trail.
1947: E.V. Jones and J.P. Sijpkens carried out prospecting and pitting. 1952: Jones and Sijpkens drilled 6 packsack drill holes totalling 70.1 m. 1966: Jones and Sijpkens carried out a soil sample survey. 1967: Jones and Sijpkens carried out a magnetometer survey. 1967: Jones and Sijpkens carried out an SP survey. 1970: Jones and Sijpkens carried out an air photo review and mapping. 1972: 3 diamond drill holes totaling 340 m were completed by the Jones-Sijkens partnership. 1989: Jet Mining Exploration Ltd. conducted stripping. Placer Dome Inc. completed a 5 hole diamond drilling program totalling 884 m. 1999-2000: Robert and Richard Cote carried out prospecting, stripping, mapping, and sampling. 2001-2: R. Cote performed stripping, prospecting, and sampling. 2005: Alto Ventures carried out prospecting, trenching, mapping, and sampling. 2007: Kodiak Explorations carried out prospecting, sampling, and mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 15 | 42E12SW0106 | 42E12SW0106 |
| 20 | 42E12SW0100 | 42E12SW0100 |
| 2.12759 | 42E12SW0048 | 42E12SW0048 |
| 2.34044 | 20000002683 | 20000002683 |
| 63.2204 | 42E12SW0093 | 42E12SW0093 |
| 2.205 | 42E12SW0092 | 42E12SW0092 |
| 2.31351 | 20000001031 | 20000001031 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
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| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Quartz-Rich Metavovolcanic Breccia | Host | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 25, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - 1972 drilling by Jones and Siikens returned 1.24 g/t Au in a 0.7m drill section of a pyrite and quartz metavolcanic breccia unit. 1992: Stripping and sampling program on the Calhet occurrence yielded 1.56 g/t Au. In 1989, Placer Dome Inc. completed a 5 hole diamond-drilling program, totaling 884 m, on the Archie Lake showing, adjacent to the Alto Ventures’ Archie Lake occurrence. The holes intersected sheared, highly silicified and carbonatized mafic metavolcanic rocks and quartz veins containing up to 40% disseminated pyrite, arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite. No assay results were reported. The Archie Lake occurrence is an altered, mineralized zone approximately 15 by 25 m in size. The exposure consists of ankerite-altered, quartz-flooded, intermediate metavolcanic rocks. Mineralized zones contain between 2-30% very fine-grained arsenopyrite and coarser, subhedral pyrite in sheared and brecciated metavolcanic rocks. Grab samples collected by OGS staff in 2013 returned assays ranging from 0.62 to 24.57 gpt Au (White et al., 2014).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| 2 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
Date: Jun 03, 2013
Geologist: G White
Notes: The Archie Lake occurrence is an altered, mineralized zone approximately 15 by 25 m in size situated along a north-facing hill striking 070 °. The exposure consists of iron carbonate (ankerite)-altered, quartz-flooded, intermediate metavolcanic rocks. Mineralized zones contain between 2 and 30% very-fine grained arsenopyrite and coarser, subhedral pyrite in sheared and brecciated metavolcanic rocks. Assays of grab samples collected by Resident Geologist’s staff ranged from 0.62 to 24.57 g/t Au.
Mono - Report of Activities 2013, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay North Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay North District
Publication Number: OFR6292 Date: 2014
Author: White G.D., Cundari R.M., Tuomi R.D., Brunelle M.R., Debicki R.L., Moses P., Zurevinski S.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Beardmore-Geraldton Resident Geologist's District - 1989
Publication Number: MP147.006 Page: 125 Date: 1997
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D., Speed A.A., Gaudino S., Sarvas P., Stott G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - GDIF 42E12NW (unpublished)
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1988
Author: Ontario Geological Survey
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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