Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | West Zone - 1972, Dawson Road Lots - 1970, Birch Bay - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1983-Jan-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Dawson Road Lots
Latitude: 48° 35' 8.89" Longitude: -89° 51' 52.7"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 288752 Northing: 5385375 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A12SW
Point Location Description: Sample 17DCSQ003 from TR-2 reported in OFR6338 p. 47
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Proceed from the junction of Hwy 11/17 and Hwy 102 West, along 11/14 for 18.1 km. Walk South along a bush road to the power line, a distance of 290 m. Trench 6 is still visible, 20 m to the right at the end of the power line.
1934: Birch Bay Gold Mines conducted surface trenching and diamond drilling on north half of Lots 68 and 69, Concession A. Noranda Mines investigated mining claims adjacent to the Birch Bay property Mattawin Gold Mines Limited later restaked the unpatented lots. 1936: Freeport Exploration Company conducted diamond drilling and trenching. 1947: W. D. Nel wrote report 1948: M. W. Bartley examined the Mattawin Gold Mines Limited Property. 1966: Cliffs of Canada initiated a self potential survey on a section of the area. 1970: Prospector Thomas Johnson stakes the Dawson Lots claim group. Noranda Mines Ltd. carried out geological mapping and geophysical surveys. 1972: Getty Mines Ltd. conducted geological mapping, VLF electromagnetic ground geophysics, soil and rock geochemistry. Exploration for base metals, concluded by 1 D.D. hole. 1973: Prospector Johnson converts the claim to a lease. 1979: Lynx Canada optioned the Dawson Lots property from prospectors: Morehouse, W, Johnson, T.A. and Petrunka, D. 1980: Lynx Canada Explorations Ltd. completed 5 D.D. holes, assay results were discouraging. Lease lapses due to delinquent taxes. 1985: Jana Resources Ltd. stake the Dawson Lots claims plus the current Gold Cache property and optioned the Bylund pit property for a continuous strike length of 7.2 km. Lincoln Resources optioned the property completing AEM survey. 2000: an AMIS visit (DST Consulting) reported located 6 trenches on the site. 2017: D. Parker carried out prospecting, soil and bark geochemical sampling, stripping, and sampling. 2018: D. Parker discovered the showing and carried out trenching and sampling. 2019: Delta Resources optioned the property and drilled 6 DDH totalling 1009 m. 2020: Delta carried out geological mapping, prospecting, and sampling. 2021: Delta conducted a glacial sediment sampling program and drilled 8 DDH totalling 1370 m. 2022: Delta drilled 11 DDH totalling 3693 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 52A12SW0011 | 52A12SW0011 |
| 2.321 | 52A12SW0015 | 52A12SW0015 |
| 2.946 | 52A12SW0014 | 52A12SW0014 |
| 2.945 | 52A12SW0012 | 52A12SW0012 |
| 63.6161 | 52F04NE9650 | 52F04NE9650 |
| 2.58330 | 20000015349 | 20000015349 |
| 3727 | 20000019006 | 20000019006 |
| 4117 | 20000019749 | 20000019749 |
| 4864 | 20000020501 | 20000020501 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
Sep 13, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - A chert-rhyolite breccia horizon in which auriferous quartz and sulphides are present over widths from 1.8 to 3.9 m.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Footwall | ||
| Chert | 3 | Brecciated | Interflow | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 13, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - Channel sampling produced a weighted average of 4.06 gpt over 2.6 m. Resident Geologist 1980 report of activities states 14 grab samples and chip samples from the Mattawin Occurrence Trenches yielded the best results give 12.2 gpt gold from a selected grab sample, and 011.2 gpt gold across a 2 m wide chip sample.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | Unknown | 1800 | ppm | ADL | ||
| Arsenic | Unknown | 1800 | ppm | ADL | ||
| Gold | Unknown | .042 | oz/T | |||
| Gold | Unknown | .038 | oz/T | |||
| Gold | Unknown | 1035 | ppb |
Date: Jun 26, 2017
Geologist: Dorothy Campbell
Notes: Three exploration trenches located within the Dawson Road Lots West Zone were visited by RGP staff on June 26, 2017. These trenches were recently re-opened, and correspond to Lynx-Canada trench numbers TR-2, TR-3 and TR-4 (Bartley 1980). These trenches expose portions of the altered, deformed and gold mineralized chert-argillite horizon that has been the main focus of historical exploration efforts on this property. Rock types observed in this area were consistent with those mapped by Lavigne, Scott and Sarvas (1991). Grab samples were collected and sent to OGS GeoLabs in Sudbury for analysis.
Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey
Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 151-155 Date: 1985
Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Annual report of the Regional and Resident Geologists, 1980
Publication Number: MP095 Page: 54 Date: 1981
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, Regional and Resident Geologists, 1982
Publication Number: MP107 Page: 47-81 Date: 1983
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Goldie Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2855 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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