Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52B14SW00025
| Record Name(s) | Day Lake - 1992, G. Day - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Feb-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: McCaul
Latitude: 48° 47' 9.15" Longitude: -91° 24' 46.76"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 616572.834 Northing: 5404867.569 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B14SW
Point Location Description: Stripping and trenching
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The Day Lake Occurrence is located on patented mining claim FF4139, about 30km east of Atikokan or approx. 195km west of Thunder Bay. Access is via Highway 11 about 3.5km west of the junction of Highways 11 and 623, about 1/2 the distance to the Nym Lake access road. From Highway 11, north on the Atiko Gold Mines Ltd. road about 8 km which has been maintained in the past by Ontario - Minnisota Pulp Company. About 0.5km short of the gold mine, one travels about 2km east from the road to the eastern shore of Day Lake.
1900s: Property likely discovered, minor stripping and trenching 1928 - 1945: the property changed hands many times little recorded work 1951: James C. Walker of River Rouge, Michigan acquired a patent and full interest in mining claim FF4139.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey
Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 156-159 Date: 1985
Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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