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| Record Name(s) | Windigo Pete - 1940 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McComber
Latitude: 49° 36' 35.06" Longitude: -87° 52' 13.38"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 437119 Northing: 5495605 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E12SW
Point Location Description: Trenches on map in Assessment report 42E14SW0035
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The claim is located in southwestern McComber Township. The south portion of McComber Township is accessible by road from the Camproad Creek Road, a bush road that intersects Highway 11, 1.6 km south of Beardmore. Claim lines access the occurrence. An alternative is air transport.
1940: James Hack held claims TB26546 and TB27167 to TB27172 in McComber Township covering the Windigo Pete Occurrence. The occurrence is situated on claim TB26546. Sylvanite Gold Mines evaluated the property. 1970: Canadian Nickel Company Limited drilled two holes (one 0.8 km west and one 0.8 km southwest of the occurrence). 1983: Kerr-Addison Mines Ltd. held a large group of contiguous claims within Summers, McComber and Vincent Townships. Reconnaissance-level mapping and soil geochemical surveys were carried out. 1994: N. Cox and M. Nelson carried out prospecting and sampling. Windigo Pete Explorations Ltd. optioned the property and conducted magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys, stripping and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.15850 | 42E14SW0035 | 42E14SW0035 |
| 2.487 | 42E12SW0012 | 42E12SW0012 |
| 2.6557 | 42E12NE0051 | 42E12NE0051 |
| 14 | 42E12SW0032 | 42E12SW0032 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The Windigo Pete Occurrence is located in the Southern Metavolcanic Belt. The area is underlain by Keewatin greenstones and iron formation. In the western portion of the property some minor intrusions of Algoman feldspar porphyries have been noted. A still later period of igneous activity is represented by a high ridge of diabase lying just off the western border of the property. Striking north-south and dipping quite flatly to the west, this is the same diabase intrusion which is encountered underground at the Northern Empire, Sand River and Leitch properties. The main showing on the property occurs near the east boundary of TB26546. At this point, stripping and trenching has developed a strong shear in greenstone containing irregular lenses of quartz. This zone strikes N80 degrees E and has a pronounced dip of 80 degrees to the north.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Greenstone | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Feldspar | Near | |
| Diabase | 4 | Diabase | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Channel samples by Sylvanite Gold Mines assayed up to 0.38 oz/ton Au.
Oct 17, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - The vein is exposed for approximately 45 m of strike length in cross trenches. The vein material is up to 1.2 m in places. Arsenopyrite is fairly heavy along the sheared contact. The quartz vein itself contains arsenopyrite, coarse and find pyrite, and minor disseminated chalcopyrite. Gold was panned from the old trenches (Assessment report 42E14SW0035). Windigo Pete Explorations resampled historic trenches in 1994 and reported the following results: Trench A: No quartz but a 50 cm wide zone of heavy iron-carbonate with streaks and disseminations of sulphides forming up to 10X of the rock. Arsenopyrite rich (94-WPR-3 - 0.012 oz/t Au) and pyrite rich (94-WPR-4 - 0.001 oz/t Au). 1940 sampling: 0.04 oz/t over 1.7 ft. Trench B: A 60 cm quartz vein with heavy tourmaline(?), sample 94-WPR-1 - <0.001 oz/t Au. South contact has minor pyrite, sample 94-WPR-2 - 0.027 oz/t Au. 1940 sampling: 0.10 oz/t over 3.3 ft. Trench C: Mostly white quartz, no sample. 1940 sampling: 0.14 oz/t over 2.0 ft. plus 0.06 oz/t over 2.2 ft. (total 4.2 ft. at 0.098 oz/t). Trench D: A white quartz vein 1.5 metres wide, without visible mineralization. Near the south contact is a wall rock inclusion with heavy arsenopyrite (sample 94-WPR-5 - 0.115 oz/t Au). 1940 sampling: 0.04 oz/t over 2.1 ft. plus 0.06 oz/t over 2.3 ft. plus 0.04 oz/t over 2.2 ft. (total 6.6 ft. at 0.047); second sample 0.035 oz/t over 7.0 ft. Trench E: From north to south (1) a 75 cm white quartz vein (94-WPR-7 - 0.002 oz/t Au) with a schist inclusion carrying pyrite and arsenopyrite (94-WPR-8 - 0.013 oz/t Au); (2) contact zone with heavy pyrite and arsenopyrite (94-WPR-9 - 0.017 oz/t Au). 1940 sampling: 0.04 oz/t over 4.6 ft.; second sample 0.49 oz/t over 4.0 ft. Trench F: A 2 metre wide carbonatized schist zone with a 10 cm quartz stringer near its north side, carrying minor pyrite (94-WPR-6 - 0.130 oz/ton). 1940 sampling: 0.20 oz/t over 2.8 ft. plus 0.12 oz/t over 3.4 ft. (total 6.2 ft. at 0.156 oz/t); second sample 5.16 oz/t over 5.0 ft. Trench G: Filled with dirt. 1940 sampling: 0.08 oz/t over 1.5 ft. plus trace over 2.2 ft. (total 3.7 ft. at 0.032 oz/t); second sample 0.23 oz/t over 5.0 ft. Trench H: Filled with dirt. 1940 sampling: 0.04 oz/t over 2.3 ft. plus trace over 3.4 ft. (total 5.7 ft. of 0.016 oz/t); second sample 0.385 oz/t over 6.6 ft.). Trench I: Filled with dirt. 1940 sampling 0.38 oz/t over 2.8 ft. plus trace over 2.8 ft. (total 5.6 ft. of 0.19 oz/t); second sample 0.43 oz/t over 5.0 ft. Trench J: Mostly sheared volcanic with little quartz. No sample. 1940 sampling: 0.12 oz/t over 2.5 ft.; second sample 0.14 oz/t over 4.0 ft. Trench K: Mostly filled, quartz visible on north side. No sample. 1940 sampling: 0.12 oz/t over 1.4 ft. plus 0.10 oz/t over 2.4 ft. plus 0.10 oz/t over 1.5 ft. (total 5.3 ft. of 0.105 oz/t); second sample 0.07 oz/t over 3.0 ft. plus 1.19 oz/t over 2.0 ft. (total 5.0 ft. at 0.518 oz/t) (Assessment report 42E12SW0012).
Map - Beardmore-Nezah gold area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM37K Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Langford G.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Beardmore-Geraldton area, districts of Thunder Bay and Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5630 Page: 637-639 Date: 1986
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Beardmore-Nezah gold area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARV37-04.003 Date: 1998
Author: Langford G.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - McComber and Vincent townships, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MP116.007 Date: 1997
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Map - Namewaminikan (Sturgeon) River area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: M1934C Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L., Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Tashota-Geraldton sheet, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: M2102 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G., Harris F.R., Fenwick K.G., Baillie J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the geology of the Blackwater-Beardmore area
Publication Number: PR1951-07 Date: 1998
Author: Peach P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - 42E12SW - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1988
Author: Ontario Geological Survey
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, McComber Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2853 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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