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Record: MDI52B14SW00045

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Eagle Prospect - 2024, Wilcorp Property - 2024, Agnico Eagle - 1983, Jack Lake Mines - 1946
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2024-Oct-31
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver



Location

Township or Area: McCaul

Latitude: 48° 46' 32.38"    Longitude: -91° 25' 15.3"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 616014   Northing: 5403720    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B14SW

Point Location Description: Map in assessment report 52B14SW0069 showing ore shoot and historic activity locations

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access from Highway 11 is via the Atiko Gold Mine Road, east at the junction north of the Atikokan River for approximately 5km.



Exploration History

Early history unknown, likely discovered in early 1900s 1930: Hawley's Map (ARM38E), shows several patented claims (H.P. 681, H.P. 603, H.P. 604). 1946: Drilling by Jack Lake Mines Limited, W.A. Gray, up to 26 diamond drill holes. 1983: Property by held Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, holding patented claims F3714, 3720, 3713. 1991-92: D Petrunka carried out prospecting, mapping, and sampling. 1995: Allegheny Mines Corp Ltd drilled 3 DDH. 2012: Bold Ventures carried out an IP survey. 2024: Bold Ventures carried out prospecting and sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
W9540.00171 52B14SW0037 52B14SW0037
OP92-147 52B14SW0069 52B14SW0069
OP91-150 52B14SW0053 52B14SW0053

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Terrane: Marmion

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 quartz-ankerite Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 basalt Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 3 Quartz-carbonate-chlorite schist Contains
Diorite 4 Near
Feldspar Porphyry 5 Near
Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry 6 Near
Gabbro 7 Near
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 8 Porphyritic dacite, andesite Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
2ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
10AzuriteEconomicOre
15ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
25MalachiteEconomicOre
30PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 31, 2024 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample B414851 was collected by Bold Ventures in September 2024 from a 10 cm quartz-ankerite vein hosted in silicified mafic schist in an old pit and stripped area, 35 meters northeast of a 2012 sample which returned 14.4 gpt Au. Additional sampling 100 meters further south yielded gold results up to 892 ppb Au from intermediate schist with quartz-ankerite veining in outcrop, 25 meters west of a 2012 sample which returned 462 ppb Au. An angular boulder of intermediate schist with quartz veining 45 meters east of the 2012 sample returned 110 ppb Au. Mineralization on the Wilcorp property is generally hosted in quartz-ankerite veining with pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite within approximately east-west shear zones. Bold carried out an Induced Polarization (I.P.) survey across the property in 2012, identifying several east-west IP chargeability anomalies. Limited follow-up prospecting returned values ranging from <5 ppb up to 14.4 gpt Au at historical trenches in the northwest part of the property, where diamond drilling in the 1990s identified a gold-bearing zone which returned 1.8 gpt Au over 7.6 m (Bold Ventures news release Oct 31, 2024).



Mineral Record Details

References

Article - 1979 report of North Central Regional Geologist

Publication Number: MP091.004 Page: 52-59  Date: 1997

Author: Fenwick K.G., Larsen C.R., Scott J.F., Mason J.K., Schnieders B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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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Map - Geological series, Sapawe Lake area, west part, Rainy River District

Publication Number: P2389 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: McIlwaine W.H., Larsen C.R.

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: 56-57  Date: 1985

Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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