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| Record Name(s) | Wabigoon Lake - 1986, I.R. 27 - 1986, Pigeon-Wabigoon Lake - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Jul-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Butler Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 39' 58.96" Longitude: -92° 36' 47.48"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 527912.997 Northing: 5501610.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F10NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is accessible by boat navigating to the western shore of the extreme southeast bay of Wabigoon Lake, at the northwestern corner of Indian Reserve No. 27.
1950 - G.L. Pidgeon did the following work: stripping, trenching, samples, 3 drill holes totalling 54m. Results: hole intersected mineralized quartz with 2.9m of assays up to 5.9 gpt Au and 5.5m of assays up to 9.1 gpt Au. 1980 - R. Fairservice did the following work: staking and samples. Results: N/A 1983 - Royex Sturgex Mining Ltd. did the following work: geophysical surveys (HLEM, Mag). Results: 2 EM conductors found and co-incident magnetic high. 1986 - Tanqueray Resources Ltd. did the following work: drilled five holes (no locations given). Results: One hole hit 2m of 5.3 gpt Au in mafic metavolcanics containing carbonate, quartz, tourmaline, fuchsite and 5-50% pyrite. 1989 - J. Parker, OGS (OFR 5723) did the following work: mapping and sampling. Results: random grab samples returned 210-605 ppb Au in the pyretic, altered metavolcanics and 120-2050 ppb in the quartz veins. 2002 - S. Johnson and K. Prouty did the following work: staking and sampling. Results: N/A ( ref: personnel communications in 2002) (Kenora Property Visit F10NE00003, Wabigoon Lake)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.5477 | 52F10NE0106 | 52F10NE0106 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 241 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of the Kenora-Fort Frances area, districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: MDC016 Page: 22 Date: 1976
Author: Beard R.C., Garratt G.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP128 Page: 21 Date: 1986
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology, gold mineralization and property visits in the area investigated by the Dryden-Ignace economic geologist, 1984-1987
Publication Number: OFR5723 Page: 276-277 Date: 1989
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Journal - Kenora property visit file
Publication Number: 52F10NE00003 Date: 2010
Author: Kenora Property Visit File
Publisher Name:
Location: Kenora RGP office
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