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Record: MDI42E16SE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) G. Potter Property - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Aug-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Castlebar Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 46' 11.71"    Longitude: -86° 11' 59.13"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 557624   Northing: 5513357    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42E16SE

Point Location Description: approximate location of Geno DDH-1

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1963: H. Geno – DD-3-80 ft. 1977: Pacific Cyprus Minerals Limited – airborne geophysics. 1977: Mattagami Lake Mines – DD-3-1216 ft. 1979: Shell Canada Resources – airborne geophysics. 1979: Placer Development – ground geophysics, DD-3-861 ft. 2008-2009: Melkior Resources Inc. – mapping, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.2666 42E16SE0031 42E16SE0031
10 42E16SE0037 42E16SE0037
2.2947 42E16SE0030 42E16SE0030
13 42E16SE0033 42E16SE0033

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Terrane: Eastern Wabigoon

Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 01, 2014 (A Wilson) - The property is underlain by a narrow assemblage of northeast trending metavolcanic and metasedimentary rock units which are bordered to the north and the south by intrusive granitic rocks. The metavolcanics and metasedimentary rock units and enclosing granitoids are intruded by northerly trending diabase dykes.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2GoldEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Apr 01, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling by Mattagami Mines Ltd. returned low values of Zn, Cu, Pb, Au, Ag. The best analysis returned 0.3 % Zn, 0.0491% Cu over two feet in intermediate metavolcanic rocks.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Klob Lake area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R235 Scale:     Date: 1984

Author: Amukun S.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Klob Lake, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2469 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1984

Author: Amukun S.E., Gillespie R.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - RES. GEOL.MIN. DEP. FILE,T.BAY

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 1996

Author:

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Part - Geology of the Pagwachuan Lake area

Publication Number: ARV46-03.002 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Macdonald R.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Long Lake-Pagwachuan Lake area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM46B Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Fairbairn H.W., Macdonald R.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology along the Trans-Canada Highway between Hearst and Longlac

Publication Number: ARV51-09 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Evans E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Hearst-Longlac portion of the Trans-Canada Highway, districts of Cochrane and Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51H Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1997

Author: Evans E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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