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| Record Name(s) | Veekay Lake - 1961 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-May-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Secondary Commodities: Tungsten
Township or Area: Veekay Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 35' 2.54" Longitude: -87° 41' 49.67"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 451699.573 Northing: 5715005.776 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42M12SE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1961 - The Mining Corporation of Canada carried out an exploration program consisting of geophysics (ground magnetomenter survey), geological mapping, diamond drilling and assaying. 2003-2006 - This occurrence is located on claims held by Slam Resources. Work on the property has included geological mapping, prospecting, channel sampling, diamond drilling, assays and geophysical (IP) surveys.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Jul 18, 2006 (Q Unknown) - The area surrounding this occurrence is characterized by a complex assemblage of metavolcanic rocks including pillowed,and massive mafic to intermediate flows, mafic tuffs, rhyolite, and felsic to intermediate agglomerate and tuff. These rocks are located immediately to the north of a granitic intrusion. Irbe (1961) described sulphide mineralization in volcanic rocks, quartz veins, and granite that were encountered during diamond drilling at this location. Disseminated iron sulphides were reported to be present throughout the mafic volcanic rocks, with pyrrhotite present in coarse-grained material (i.e., massive flows or intrusions). Quartz veins were noted in shears and fractures located in the vicinity of the granite contact. These veins were mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena at the wall rock contacts. Disseminated pyrite was also noted in the granite. The rocks at this location generally strike 080, with steep dips toward the north. local strike and dip variations of up to 20 degrees were noted. Fault breccia was reported in one diamond drill hole at a location immediately below Reserve Creek. Irbe (1961) interpreted this to be indicative of an approximately east-west oriented fault structure that parallels the contact between the volcanics and granite. A number of northeasterly striking faults were also interpreted to be present in the area, with one of them being coincident with a later diabase dike. Mineralization at this location is likely to be related to the same tectonic events that produced the nearby reserve Creek and Zulapa occurrences that are located along strike to the west. Because Cu (up to 0.07%) and Au (trace) assays were relatively low at this location, this has been classified as a discretionary occurrence.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Scheelite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Concordant |
| 1 | Vein |
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