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Record: MDI52F05NW00002

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Lobstick Bay Area

Latitude: 49° 23' 1.41"    Longitude: -93° 47' 4.9"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 443047.998   Northing: 5470409.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F05NW

Point Location Description: Located in the Caviar Lake area, approx. 65km southeast of Kenora, ON

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: It is about 14km by snowmobile and/or bombardier across the ice from at landing at the west end of Dogpaw Lake; aircraft charter service is available either from Kenora or Nestor Falls (29km to the southwest); logging roads extending south from the Maybrun mine road provides access near the northern part of the property.

Exploration History

1948: In the fall, Grand Chibougamau conducted considerable surface stripping and sampling; encouraging gold values were obtained. (Kenora AF 52F/05NW, D-1) The gold prospect was discovered in 1948 by Grand Chibougamau Mines Ltd. During 1987-88, Tanqueray Resources Ltd. carried out an exploration program involving linecutting, ground mag and VLF-EM surveys, geological mapping, orientation humus sampling, manual stripping and trenching and diamond drilling. Since acquisition, the 1987 grid was cleaned out and additional grid lines cut at 50 metre intervals oriented at right angles to the Tanqueray grid (17km). A ground magnetometer survey was carried out over the grid and limited mapping completed. The 1993 stripping program at the Caviar Lake Property of Champion Bear Resources traced the Grand Chibougamau gold prospect for a distance in excess of 30 metres. (Kenora AF 52F/05NW, AA-1, Champion Bear Resources)

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Kakagi-Rowan Lakes

Geological Age: Precambrian  

Geology Comments

Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - The Caviar Lake property lies within the Archean age Kakagi Lake belt of volcanic and sedimentary rocks within the Superior Province of the Precambrian shield. The belt is divided by the northwest-trending Pipestone-Cameron fault system. (Kenora AF 52F/05NW, K-6, Fairservice, R.J. - Report for Tanqueray Resources, pg.3)

Lithology Comments

Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - The mineralization on the Caviar Lake property is similar in petrogenesis to the Nuinsco ore deposit, 12km to the southeast. The mineralization on both properties is hosted by silicified carbonate alteration zones associated with zones of shearing. Both the Caviar Lake and Nuinsco properties lie near a major lineament, the Pipestone-Cameron fault system, and are flanked by late granitic stocks, the Hope Lake and Nolan Lake Stocks, respectively. (Kenora AF 52F/05NW, K-6, Fairservice, R.J. - Report for Tanqueray Resources, pg.7)

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - * This information proves this MDI to be a “prospect”. Exploration work on the property during 1987 was concentrated on the Grand Chibougamau showing, a zone of quartz-carbonate alteration with gold mineralization, in the south-central part of the claim group. During July and August, 1987, W.C. Hood Geological Consulting undertook a small program of geologic mapping, orientation soil sampling, outcrop stripping, trenching, and rock sampling. This work outlined several zones with grab samples assaying up to 0.89 oz gold/ton and chip samples up to 0.32 oz gold/ton over 1.5m. Seven diamond drill holes totalling 2,002 feet were completed on the property during October and November, 1987. These holes were intended to test the subsurface grade and continuity of the gold bearing zones that had been indicated by surface sampling. All seven drill holes intersected mineralized carbonate alteration zones, but only hole CAV-87-3 returned an economic grade and width, specifically 0.22 oz gold/ton over 9.2 feet, including 0.50 oz gold/ ton over 3.4 feet. Although the 1988 drill program was very small, it provided important follow-up data to the 1987 program, confirming the ore grade intersection returned in hole CAV-87-3. Drill hole CAV-88-l, drilled directly underneath CAV-87-3, returned 0.17 oz gold/ton over 11.4 feet, including a zone of 0.26 oz gold/ton over 7.0 feet. (Kenora AF 52F/05NW, K-6, Fairservice, R.J. - Report for Tanqueray Resources, pg.7&8)

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Kenora Resident Geologist Historical File 52F/05NW00002, Grand Chibougamu

Publication Number: Date: 2011

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kenora RGP

Mono - Feasibility of small scale gold mining in northwestern Ontario (parts of the districts of Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay), volume 1, text, volume 2, appendices

Publication Number: OFR5332 Page: C-5  Date: 1981

Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Mono - Gold deposits of the Kenora-Fort Frances area, districts of Kenora and Rainy River

Publication Number: MDC016 Page: 20  Date: 1976

Author: Beard R.C., Garratt G.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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