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MDI52F05SE00016
| Record Name(s) | Double Chance - Calavaras - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Rowan Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 17' 46.93" Longitude: -93° 38' 39.62"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 453151.87 Northing: 5460602.31 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F05SE
Point Location Description: About 55 miles SE of Kenora; northeast of a small pond on the west side of Sullivan Bay, Rowan Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1983: Calaveras Explorations Ltd. acquired 16 contiguous claims and conducted prospecting, trenching, IP and EM geophysical surveys, and a soil geochemical survey. Drilling included 303.9 m in 3 DDH. 1985: Nuinsco Resources Ltd. drilled 4 DDH totalling 379.8 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52F/05SE, NN-1, Calaveras Explorations Ltd. (Rowan | 52F05SE0108 | 52F05SE0108 |
| 52F/05SE, NN-2, Calaveras Explorations Ltd. (Rowan | 52F05SE0089 | 52F05SE0089 |
| 29 | 52F05SE0108 | 52F05SE0108 |
| 31 | 52F05SE0089 | 52F05SE0089 |
| 38 | 52F05SE0053 | 52F05SE0053 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Feldspar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | |||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 |
Mar 10, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - Drill log information: 'boulders of granite and hornblende granite in overburden; feldspar porphyry; dacite tuff; cherty black rhyolite' (Kenora AF 52F/05SE, NN-1 & NN-2, Calaveras Explorations Ltd. - drill log reports)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong | Massive | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Strong | Massive |
Mar 10, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - ' On the north side of the Cameron Lake property, 22,000 feet of drilling has taken place with two holes reaching a depth of 500 feet and two others going down 300 feet.' 'Trace gold from rock samples and drill results have averaged 0.01 to 0.07 ounces of gold per ton.' (Kenora Historical File 52F/05SE00016, Double Chance - newspaper article, Nov.'83)
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Rowan Lake Area, Northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: P3766 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2012
Author: Lewis D., Woolgar S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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