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MDI43E13SW00004
| Record Name(s) | Suganaqueb Occurrence - 1972, Sourdough Rapids - 1980, Selco Mining Corp - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jun-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Sourdough Rapids Area
Latitude: 53° 50' 59.75" Longitude: -87° 48' 49.77"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 446463 Northing: 5967132 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 43E13SW
Point Location Description: Point located from 1972 Selco Mining Corp assessment file.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Approximately 315 km NE of Pickle Lake, 65 NNW of Webequie and 1.5 km north of Sourdough Rapids on the Ashweig River. Access is by float plane from Pickle Lake, landing on Sourdough Lake on the Ashweig River and then canoeing 3.2 km downstream; or alternatively by helicopter from the airport at Kasabonika to a helicopter landing zone located apprx. 100 m NW of the showing at 446670E 5967725N.
Government airborne geophysical surveys were done on a reconnaissance scale over the area from 1965-1968. 1970 – Mr. Solomon Suganaqueb of Webequie discovered Ni and Cu mineralization beside a small tributary stream that enters the Asheweig River from the west roughly 4 km downstream from Sourdough Rapids and staked the area. 1972 – Selco Mining Corporation optioned the property and carried out a trenching (4) and blasting program. Selco dropped the option. No work was done for years. Mr. Suganaqueb maintained control by successively restaking the property. 1978 – magnetometer, radiometric, and geologic surveys were commissioned by the Indian Minerals Division of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. 1979 – government mapping was done on a reconnaissance scale over the area. 2005 – geological mapping and geochemical sampling was conducted by Kasabonika First Nation and D’Silva Parker Associates.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1070 | 43E13SW0002 | 43E13SW0002 |
| 2.2793 | 43E13SW0001 | 43E13SW0001 |
| 2.30796 | 20000000859 | 20000000859 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Terrane: North Caribou
Geological Age: Archean
Jul 17, 2014 (N Bennett) - Gabbro is interpreted to be a local remnant feature within the felsic intrusives and the higher grade mineralization is due to contact metasomatic processes rather than orgininally in situ (Anderson, 1972 – AFRI 43E13SW0002).
Jul 17, 2014 (Therese Pettigrew) - A 200’ inclusion of mineralized gabbro constitutes the Ni-Cu showing that caused the claims to be staked. All included rocks are highly altered. It is possibly proximal to a contact with a basic rock to the east. The profusion of inclusions suggests that it is near the top of the intrusive and these are roof pendants (Seeber, 1978 – AFRI 43E13SW0001). The area is located within the Kasabonika-Shibogama Greenstone Belt and along the western extension of the North Kenyon Fault (Anderson and Parker, 2005 – AFRI 20001745)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Granite; Horn-Bio-Trondhjemite To Qtz Monzonite | Massive-Equigranular-Porphyritic | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 29, 2010 (N Bennett) - Cu assay values from trenches range from 0.02% to 0.77%. Ni assay values from trenches range from 0.03% to 0.73%. These samples were taken over 10 foot intervals.
Jul 17, 2014 (Therese Pettigrew) - The sulphide mineralization appears to be scattered at random through the gabbro and/or quartz diorite; no precise structural control was noted for localization of he sulphide concentrations. It is suspected that the sulphides are pre-granite in age (Seeber, 1978 – AFRI 43E13SW0001).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Proterozoic Mafic (Diabase) Dikes and Other Post-Archean Intrusions of Northwestern Ontario, North of Latitude 49° 30'
Publication Number: P3606 Scale: 1:1,000,000 Date: 2009
Author: Stott G.M., Josey S.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Operation Winisk Lake, Kasabonika Lake-Shibogama Lake, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: P0713 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M., Stott G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Bedrock geology of Ontario, northern sheet
Publication Number: M2541 Scale: 1:1,000,000 Date: 1991
Author: Ontario Geological Survey
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Winisk Lake, geological compilation series, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2287 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1974
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P., Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Winisk River area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: P0951 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1997
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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