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| Record Name(s) | Springer-Lavoie Lakes C-D Zones - 1992, KWG Resources Inc. - 1992, W2 Property - 2022 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2000-Sep-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Platinum, Palladium
Township or Area: Springer Lake Area
Latitude: 52° 28' 11.93" Longitude: -87° 35' 11.16"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 460164.28 Northing: 5813474.54 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 43D05NE
Point Location Description: Centre of C and D zone from KWG Resources Inc. assessment files.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is accessible by float plane from commercial bases at Pickle Lake, Armstrong or Nakina.
1957: mag and EM surveys were conducted in an attempt to locate the source of Cu-Ni float that was found on the shores of Bartman Lake. 1959: A.J. MacKinnon optioned the property to Pickle-Patricia Explorers Ltd. 1959: Pickle-Patricia Explorers conducted geological mapping. 1971-74: Canadian Nickel Company Ltd. drilled 46 DDH totalling 19,463’. 1992: KWG Resources Inc. optioned the property from Horn Fault Mines Ltd. KWG conducted line cutting, geophysical surveys (EM, Mag, and VLF-EM) and diamond drilling (10 DDH totalling 5243 ft on A-Zone and 10 DDH totalling 5559 ft on the C & D-Zones). 2001: Aurora Platinum Corp. carried out airborne magnetic and EM surveys, mapping, sampling, and drilled 21 DDH totalling 6009.4 m. 2003: Aurora Platinum carried out an IP survey and drilled 8 DDH totalling 2098.3 m. 2006: AEM and AMAG geophysical surveys were flown. 2008: Property transferred to International Nickel Ventures Corp. 2011: Property transferred to Anglo Swiss Resources Inc. 2014: Anglo Swiss changed its name to Gungnir Resources Inc. 2022: Platinex Inc. acquired the property.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| W9540-00116 | 43D05NE0002 | 43D05NE0002 |
| 2.7318 | 43D11SW9907 | 43D11SW9907 |
| 2.33488 | 20000001744 | 20000001744 |
| 2.8800 | 43D12SE9908 | 43D12SE9908 |
| 12 | 43D05NE0004 | 43D05NE0004 |
| 63A.375 | 43D05NE0003 | 43D05NE0003 |
| 2.14777 | 43D05NE9902 | 43D05NE9902 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Terrane: North Caribou
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (Mark O'Brien) - The Rowlandson Lake area is situated in the Sachigo Subprovince, an arcuate group of mafic to felsic metavolcanic and metasedimentary assemblages and synvolcanic plutons which are intruded by younger felsic bodies and larger batholithic complexes. Quartz diorite, diorite, gabbro and anorthosite have intruded the metavolcanic rocks. (Blue Falcon Mines Ltd assessment report, 1992).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt/Andesite |
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| Gabbro | 2 | Host | ||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 |
Mar 16, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - The C-Zone is underlain mainly by mafic lavas with minor gabbro and felsic sediments. The mafic lavas are basaltic or andesitic with textural varieties of aphanitic or fine grained, medium grained, fragmental and silicified. The silicified basalt is pale, light greenish, fine grained and massive to weakly foliated. Chalcopyrite specks and fillings in hairline fractures are common in the silicified basalts. The host rock of the mineralization is mafic lavas with some felsic or silicified sections. The D-Zone consists of mainly gabbro-diorite rocks with minor basalts and mafic sediments. The gabbro-diorite unit was subdivided by its estimated amphibolite content and textural appearance. The amphibole content ranges from a high of 40-60% to a low of 15%. Basaltic flows and mafic sediments occur as intercalated beds in the gabbro-diorite unit (AFRI 43D05NE0002).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Amphibole | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Feldspar | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 15, 2018 (N Bennett) - DDH LH01-06 is mineralized from top to bottom. A broad zone of Cu+Ni+PGE+Au mineralization was intersected at 134.2m-354.8m (0.23% Cu+Ni and 0.32 g/t Pd+Pt+Au over 220.6m, including 0.40% Cu+Ni over 39.0 m). The Cu/Ni and Pt/Pd ratios are 1.4 and 0.5, respectively. At this location, the base and precious metals are associated with 2-5% disseminated and 20-50% net-textured po-cp within medium to coarse-grained gabbro, vari-textured gabbro and associated breccias. This broad zone of mineralization is enveloped, both up and down hole, by higher background values of Cu, Ni and PGEs.
Mar 16, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - The 1992 exploration program tested the C-Zone with 3 holes over a strike length of 1000 feet. Cu and Ni mineralization was disseminated over wide zones in mafic lavas and in some places silicification was noted as a cross-cutting feature. The main sulphides are pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite. The results on the D-Zone indicate a 400 ft wide zone to a depth of 500 feet and a length of 1000 feet with an average grade of at least 0.2% Cu and 0.06% Ni for a potential tonnage of 20 million tons. The D-Zone sulphides are pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and pentlandite. They occur as disseminations and in stringers and quartz-chlorite veinlets with tourmaline. The estimated sulphide content over the length of the core is 1-5% pyrrhotite and less than 1% chalcopyrite (AFRI 43D05NE0002).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | VMS Base Metal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Springer-Lavoie D Zone | 1992 | Unclassified | 18143600 | AFRI 43D05NE0002 | This is not a NI 43-101-compliant resource. The results on the D-Zone indicate a 400 ft wide zone to a depth of 500 feet and a length of 1000 feet with an average grade of at least 0.2% Cu and 0.06% Ni for a potential tonnage of 20 million tons. | Copper 0.2 Percent, Nickel 0.06 Percent |
Mono - Mineral Occurrences and Prospects in the Fort Hope-Winisk Area
Publication Number: OFR5926 Date: 1995
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Rowlandson Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-08.001 Page: 1-9 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Rowlandson Lake area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: ARM49N Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Fort Hope-Lansdowne House sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2237 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1972
Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W., Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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