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General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Turtlepond Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 32' 13.53"    Longitude: -92° 37' 26.19"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 527208.841   Northing: 5487232.332    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F10SE

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Exploration History

1941: 'Geographic region is reported on geologically by J. Satterly, in the fiftieth annual report of the Ontario Dept of Mines, Vol.L, Part II, 1941 entitled, "Geology of the Dryden-Wabigoon Area, report and geological map No. 50e. Gold has been found, associated with pyrite and pyrrhotite in rusty-weathering zones intercalated with volcanics; there are also rusty zones mineralized with pyrrhotite and minor sphalerite plus quartz-tourmaline veins with little to no sulphide content, distributed throughout the volcanics.' 1986: 'Geological reconnaissance in 1986 by Wollex Explorations - found and mapped shear zones containing quartz and quartz feldspar veins in the mafic volcanics, around Turtle Pond and White Water Lakes, that carried gold mineralization.' 1987: 'The Turtle Pond - Whitewater Lakes claim group were subject to geological and some minor geophysical examination and evaluation during the month of May, 1987, by a mineral exploration crew.' 'Mineral exploration work in the form of a geological mapping exercise, manual labour in the finding and securing of rocks and mineral grab samples, and in the stripping of select locations of outcrop and bedrock to enable geological mapping to be conducted, inclusive of the sampling from shear zones, areas of schistosity, quartz veining, carbonatization and structure of the bedrock in question.' (Kenora Assessment File 52F10SE, HH-1, Johnson, Stan C., Report p.4-8) 1987: Occurrence was inspected by J.R.Parker, author of OFR5723, Geology, Gold Mineralization and Property Visits in the Area Investigated by the Dryden - Egnace Economic Geologist, 1984 - 1987.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Geological Age: Precambrian  

Lithology Comments

Mar 18, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - 'Rock types on claim 910931 are essentially consisting of carbonatized acid volcanics, intercalated with minor amounts of carbonatized sericite schist.' (Kenora AF 52F10SE, HH-1) 'The new test pits excavated by Stan and Sherridon Johnson between Whitewater and Turtlepond Lakes have been sunk on intensely sheared, fissile, rusty, sericitized, iron carbonatized mafic metavolcanic flows and tuffs. The wall rocks next to the quartz veins are very pale gray-green, contain green mica and 3% to 5% disseminated pyrite. Quartz veins are generally narrow but numerous, and consist of white quartz containing dark green chlorite stringers and assoicated pyrite.' 'Old trenches situated approximately 250 m due west of the new test pits described previously have been sunk on a 0.3 m to 0.46 m wide quartz vein striking 0100, and dipping vertically or steeply west. The vein has been trenched for a strike length of about 70 m and consists of white quartz, iron carbonate, calcite and disseminated bornite, chalcopyrite and pyrite, the vein has a banded appearance with dark green bands of chlorite extending parallel to the vein contacts. The wall rocks consist of intensely sheared, fissile, intermediate tuff, and contain abundant iron carbonate and calcite but lack sulphides.' (OFR5723, p.221-222)

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Mar 18, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - 1987: Best assay results from Terra Min Research Labs Ltd. for claim K-910931 are as follows: Grab samples of 5050 and 2360 ppb Au, channel sample of 15,017, 10,011, and 8740 ppb Au. (Kenora AF 52F10SE, HH-1, report & Plates 2 & 3 geological maps) 1987: * The new test pits excavated by Stan and Sherridon Johnson between Whitewater and Turtlepond Lakes: 'Five grab samples of the wall rock, taken by the author from the various trenches, assayed 895, 1290, 1670, 2440, and 3520 ppb Au, while two samples of quartz vein material assayed 430 and 855 ppb Au. at these occurrences, the altered wall rocks host more gold mineralization than the quartz veins.' * Old trenches situated approx. 250m due west of the new test pits: 'Grap samples of the quartz vein, taken along the strike of the vein by the author, assayed 540, 2530, 3390, and 4180 ppb Au, with lesser values of 4 and 180 ppb Au from samples taken at the northeast end of the vein. A grab sample of the wall rock assayed 9 ppb Au.' (OFR5723, p.222 - author J.R. Parker)

Mineral Record Details

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Book - KEN AF 52F10SE FF-5

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Book - KEN AF 52F10SE HH-1

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Article - Kenora Resident Geologist's area - 1987

Publication Number: MP138.001 Page: 19-20  Date: 1997

Author: Blackburn C.E., Hailstone M.H., Parker J.R., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Geology, gold mineralization and property visits in the area investigated by the Dryden-Ignace economic geologist, 1984-1987

Publication Number: OFR5723 Page: 221-223  Date: 1989

Author: Parker J.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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