Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Jackson-Olcott - 1982, Olcott - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Oct-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver
Township or Area: McCaul
Latitude: 48° 46' 16.15" Longitude: -91° 28' 21.81"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 612217.813 Northing: 5403141.573 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B14SW
Point Location Description: Stripping, trenching, diamond drilling
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access is via Highway 11, then north on the Atiko Gold Mine Limited Road about 3.5km west of the junction of Highways 11 and 623. One travels north about 6.4km on the Atiko Gold Mines Road; immediately after crosing the Seine River on the mine road, one travels approx. 5.5 km west on an unsurfaced road until reaching the drill site on claim K364926. An alternate route involves travelling a pipeline road from Atikokan, southeast past the airport and finally south along a series of lumber roads which lead into the general area north of Plateau Lake.
1930s: W. Jackson conducted stripping and trenching. T. Johnson optioned the property and did diamond drilling. 1936: G. C. McCartney wrote a geological report 1938: Steerola Explorations conducted chip sampling and trenching. 1945: Andwan Mines Limited drilled five shallow holes, intersecting disseminated gold mineralization. 1948: D. H. Yardley recommended mapping and drilling. 1950: Macleod Cockshutt Mines relogged and sampled 3 Andowan drill holes. 1956: S. Brett conducted mapping and prospecting in the Olcott area, and mentioned quartz and carbonate veins containing arsenopyrite mineralization. 1957: D. H. Yardley suggested that the south showing might be on the sheared limb of a fold. 1973: L. B. Staines staked the property. 1974: L. B. Staines conducted trenching, sampling and short vertical drilling. 1975-79: L. B. Staines conducted stripping, diamond drilling, sampling, geophysical surveys (Electromagnetic and Magnetometer conducted by Sherrit Gordon Mines Limited). 1980: Quetico Exploration and Development drilled 3 diamond drill holes. 1981: Placer Development Limited conducted linecutting, geophysical surveys (very low frequency and Magnetometer), geological mapping and 13 diamond drill holes, totalling 1303 m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Map - Thunder Bay data series, Sabawi Lake area, Rainy River District
Publication Number: P2160 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Schnieders B.R., McConnell C.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey
Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 258-362 Date: 1985
Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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