Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Grande Portage - 1992, Kennco - 1992, Noranda - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Moss
Latitude: 48° 30' 29.27" Longitude: -90° 45' 43.02"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 665297.44 Northing: 5375198.17 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B07NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is located approximately 130km west of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario and can easily be accessed by following Highway 11/17 west from Thunder Bay to Shabaqua, Ontario to turn south onto the Swamp Road. One travels 14km on the Swamp Road to turn east onto the Waverly Road for 6.Skm where the road intersects the northern portion of the property.
1966: Cominco Ltd. drilled a 82 m DDH . 1985: Kennco Explorations (Canada) Ltd. optioned 34 claims from Grand Portage Resources Ltd. for gold exploration purposes and then performed ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys on 33 of the claims. Geological mapping and geochemistry was carried out the same year, which resulted in the Junction Zone and the Ray Smith Showing being the most impressive areas and recommended for further work. 1987: Grande Portage Resources Ltd. hired Orequest Consultants Ltd. to perform an IP survey and trenching/sampling.Trenches were dug across three areas, the Junction Zone, The Ray Smith Showing and an iron formation. The IP survey was conducted in the Junction Zone area to determine if an IP survey could be useful to determine the mineralization trends going under the swamps. 1989: Grand Portage Resources Ltd. drilled 9 holes (GP87-01 through GP87-09), 982 m, approximately 2.5 km north-northeast of Hamlin Lake. A total of 301 samples were assayed. 1990: Noranda Exploration Company, Limited carried out prospecting, geological mapping and diamond drilling (DC-91-01 through DC-91-04), 563 m, northeast of Hamlin Lake, as a follow up to IP/Resistivity plus magnetometer surveys conducted on the property. 1992: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. executed an 8.9 km IP and drilled of 3 holes (DC-92-05 through DC-92-07), 469 m, for Noranda Exploration Company, Limited. 2004: Goldcorp drilled tested the showing with one 200 m DDH as part of an eight hole program during their option of Pele's Ardeen Mine Project. 2005: Geotech Ltd. performed a Helicopter-Borne Time Domain VTEM 26m coil Electromagnetic Geophysical Survey over the Powell-Hamlin-Burchell, Ardeen Blocks for East West Resource and Maple Minerals. 2007: East West Resource Corporation and Mega Uranium Ltd. carried out geological mapping and sampling as follow up on anomalies identified by the airborne geophysical survey flown in May 2005.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.13608 | 52B07NW0012 | 52B07NW0012 |
| 2.35133 | 20000002197 | 20000002197 |
| 20 | 52B10SE0254 | 52B10SE0254 |
| 2.30344 | 20000000840 | 20000000840 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 |
Map - Geology and mineral potential of Moss Township, Shebandowan greenstone belt, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: OFM0177 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1991
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Moss Lake area (south part), District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0393 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Journal - Geodynamic setting, crustal architecture, and VMS metallogeny of ca. 2720 Ma greenstone belt assemblages of the northern Wawa subprovince, Superior Province
Publication Number: CJES2015, 52(3) Scale: Date: 2015
Author: Lodge, R., Gibson, H.,Franklin, J.
Publisher Name: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
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