Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52A10NW00008
| Record Name(s) | Willsie - 1964, Tartan Lake - 1955, Pat/Ann Property - 1993 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Partial |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jan-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-10 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Lead, Molybdenum, Selenium
Township or Area: Tartan Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 39' 4.62" Longitude: -88° 53' 6.21"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 361165.34 Northing: 5390406.55 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A10NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is located 6.8 km north of Beck station on the CPR railway. It is approximately 3.2 km west of Mackenzie Creek.
Pre-1955: discovered by P. Blanchette, who staked the prospect for American Canadian Minerals Inc. 1955: Wright-Hargreaves Mines Ltd. optioned the property and carried out trenching and drilled 12 DDH totaling 1498.7 m. 1963: property staked by G. Willsie. 1964: Winchester Exploration Ltd. purchased the property and carried out surface exploration and diamond drilling. 1991: D.E. Christianson carried out prospecting and soil sampling. 1993: D.E. Christianson carried out mapping, prospecting, sampling, and VLF-EM and Beepmat surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 52A10NW0003 | 52A10NW0003 |
| OP93-098 | 52A10NW0022 | 52A10NW0022 |
| 2.15400 | 52A10NW0006 | 52A10NW0006 |
| OP91-446 | 52I07SW0001 | 52I07SW0001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 10, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The area is underlain by metasediments in which two mineralized zones have been indicated. These occur as lenses separated by 400 feet of barren or sparsely mineralized rock. The two zones have widths up to 150 feet and have been traced for 800 feet. The zones consist of numerous quartz veins and stringers carrying abundant pyrite and pyrrhotite and lesser amounts of chalcopyrite. A grab sample of massive pyrite from the north zone assayed 0.03% Cu and 0.08 oz./ton Au; a grab sample of massive pyrrhotite assayed 1.9% Cu and 0.02 oz./ton Au. Molybdenite-bearing veins cut the south zone, but are of no economic importance. Small amounts of Pb, Zn and Se are present (Shklanka, 1969). The best drill intersection was from DDH 2, which assayed 0.82% Cu, 0.6% Zn, and trace Au over 2.5 feet from 230.5-233.0 feet.
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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