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| Record Name(s) | Lynx-Dejour-Reynolds South - 1975, Lynx No. 1 Zone - 1975, Onaman Property - 2006, Lynx South - 2006 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Coughlan Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 0' 50.31" Longitude: -87° 39' .21"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 453426 Northing: 5540387 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42L04SE
Point Location Description: DDHS06-01 collar location in AFRI 2.38112
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is located 40 km north of Jellicoe. An all-weather gravel road leads 62 km from Highway 11 to the property. The distance by road from the Property to Beardmore is 103 km.
1974: Local prospectors N. Cox and D. Thorsteinson found malachite-cemented till near MacDonald Creek and staked claims. 1975: A syndicate comprised of Lynx-Canada Explorations Ltd., Dejour Mines Ltd., and Canadian Reynolds Metals Co. Ltd. optioned the property from the prospectors and staked further claims. 1975-76: The syndicate drilled 20 DDH totalling 1064 m in the area of the malachite-bearing tell and located the No. 1 Cu-Au-Ag zone. They optioned the Headway and Coulee claims and commenced an exploration program including EM and magnetometer surveys, prospecting, stripping, and a basal till sampling program. A second drill program of 55 DDH totalling 16,926 ft was completed. 1976-77: Legal action by the Dighem Syndicate caused cessation of work. Interests of Lynx and Reynolds in the southern half of the property were assigned to the Dighem Syndicate, which, in joint venture with Dejour Mines, carried out mag and HLEM surveys and geological mapping. Dighem Syndicate reassigned its interest back to Lynx and Reynolds in late 1977. 1978-79: R. DiLabio of the GSC examined the property and described the glacial dispersion train down-ice from the No. 2 Zone. He also recognized the presence of bismuth in the Cu-Au-Ag mineralization. 2004: Staked by L.H. Holt and N.M. Cox. 2006: Property optioned by Sage Gold. 2008: Sage completed the option agreement and purchased the property. Sage conducted an exploration program consisting of stripping and channel sampling, geological mapping, 15 DDH totalling 2,014 m, and a ground magnetic and horizontal loop EM survey. 2008: Sage drilled 71 DDH totalling 15,914 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.38112 | 20000003403 | 20000003403 |
| 2.37085 | 20000002656 | 20000002656 |
| OM91-013 | 42L04SE0004 | 42L04SE0004 |
| 2.14918 | 42L04SE8271 | 42L04SE8271 |
| 2.2334 | 42L03SW0013 | 42L03SW0013 |
| 2.32715 | 20000001464 | 20000001464 |
| 2.32818 | 20000001513 | 20000001513 |
| 63.3397 | 42L03SW0018 | 42L03SW0018 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Terrane: Eastern Wabigoon
Belt: Onaman-Tashota
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Tholeiite | Contains | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Chert, Carbonate, Graphitic Schist | Near | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 4 | Chert-Hematite-Magnetite | Near | |
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 5 | Biotite And/Or Hornblende | Granite, Granodiorite, Monzonite And Trondhjemite | Near |
| 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 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Kyanite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Apr 30, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - The main Lynx (LX) zone is a pyrrhotite-pyrite-chalcopyrite-quartz horizon hosted in interflow tuffaceous sediments. This zone generally has a westerly dip ranging from 60 to 75 degrees and displays an “S” type fold symmetry along strike and to depth. Assays from the 1975 drill program on the No. 1 Zone range from 0.63 to 6.97% Cu and 0.48 to 4.55 opt Ag. Assay results from Sage Gold’s DDH S06-1 include 5.83% Cu, 141 gpt Ag and 1.72 gpt Au over 6 m in the Lynx No. 1 Zone, including 9.36% Cu, 206.8 gpt Ag and 1.72 gpt Au over 2.5 m. DDH S06-03 intersected 15.7 m of 0.89% Cu, 29.2 gpt Ag, and 0.33 gpt Au in the Lynx No. 1 Zone. The Lynx zones consist of a main horizon and up to three parallel horizons in a stratigraphic package which has been traced for a strike length in excess of 1 km. Three mineralized areas (Lynx North, Central and South) are stratigraphically and structurally related (Hubacheck and Kirkham, 2009). Three primary styles of mineralization have been identified at the Lynx deposit: 1) Quartz-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite: Massive (1-2 m thick) and disseminated pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite mineralization occurs within 2-6 m thick quartz-carbonate exhalite horizons. Carbonate commonly displays a colloform banded texture. Silver occurs within the mineral tetrahedrite and gold values show a positive correlation with copper. Massive chalcopyrite and chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite may display banding parallel to bedding. Breccia textures have been noted in massive pyrrhotite zones. 2) Sulphide tuff: Thin pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite beds (mm scale) within calcareous ash tuffs. 3) Pillow selvage sulphides: pyrrhotite with variable amounts of chalcopyrite, calcite and quartz often occurs within basaltic pillow selvages and pillow interstices (AFRI 2.38112).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | VMS Base Metal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| LN1 – North Zone | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 174355 | Hubacheck and Kirkham, 2009 (NI 43-101) | Copper 1.8959 Percent, Gold 1.0263 Grams per Tonne, Silver 37.95 Grams per Tonne | |
| LS1 – N1 Offset | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 105914 | Hubacheck and Kirkham, 2009 (NI 43-101) | Copper 1.6402 Percent, Gold 0.2741 Grams per Tonne, Silver 36.68 Grams per Tonne | |
| LS1 – North Zone | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 206722 | Hubacheck and Kirkham, 2009 (NI 43-101) | Copper 1.5009 Percent, Gold 0.3593 Grams per Tonne, Silver 34.29 Grams per Tonne | |
| Lynx Deposits – All Zones | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 1936201 | Hubacheck and Kirkham, 2009 (NI 43-101) | Copper 1.4475 Percent, Gold 0.5773 Grams per Tonne, Silver 39.09 Grams per Tonne | |
| LX – North Zone | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 531286 | Hubacheck and Kirkham, 2009 (NI 43-101) | Copper 0.975 Percent, Gold 0.328 Grams per Tonne, Silver 26.66 Grams per Tonne | |
| LX – South Zone | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 571069 | Hubacheck and Kirkham, 2009 (NI 43-101) | Copper 1.7104 Percent, Gold 0.9129 Grams per Tonne, Silver 49.1 Grams per Tonne | |
| LX – N1 Zone | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 346856 | Hubacheck and Kirkham, 2009 (NI 43-101) | Copper 1.4225 Percent, Gold 0.4032 Grams per Tonne, Silver 45.79 Grams per Tonne |
Publication - NI 43-101 Technical Report; A Resource Estimation of the Lynx Cu/Ag/Au Deposit, Beardmore, Ontario
Publication Number: 2009 43-101 Date: 2009
Author: Hubacheck, P.C., Kirkham, G.
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Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the northern Onaman Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R208 Page: 55-59 Date: 1981
Author: Thurston P.C.
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
Map - Onaman Lake, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2411 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1979
Author: Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, north Onaman area (western half), District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0846 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1976
Author: Thurston P.C., Andrews A.J., Asbury B.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of the South-Central Onaman-Tashota Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3352 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1996
Author: Stott G.M., Morrison D.R., Gale V., Wachowiak N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Compilation series, Geraldton sheet, Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: P0241 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1984
Author: Stott G.M., McConnell C.D., Mason J.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Coughlan Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: GDIF026 Date: 1997
Author: Thunder Bay RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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