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MDI52F11NE00051
| Record Name(s) | Poplar Island - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Feb-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Buchan Bay Area
Latitude: 49° 41' 30.41" Longitude: -93° 12' 26.72"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 485039.822 Northing: 5504383.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F11NE
Point Location Description: Approx. 40 km west of Dryden
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access to the property can be made via the Trans Canada Highway 17 and highway 594 from Dryden to Eagle River. Boat access is necessary to many of the claims.
Exploration History: II. Poplar Island - North Twin Island - Farabout Peninsula Areas 1936 Erie Canadian Mines Ltd. performed geological mapping in the Fornieri Bay-Hardrock Bay area. 1939 Eagle Lake area was mapped by W.W. Moorhouse of the ODM at a scale of one inch to the mile. 1947-51 Magdalina Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. performed extensive stripping and trenching in the Fornieri Bay-Hardrock Bay area mostly in 1947 and 1948. They also drilled 2,950 feet in 11 holes in 1949 and 1951. They reportedly found gold and copper assays in one hole. 1947 R. Thomson, Kenora Resident Geologist, visited area and reported on several prospects including the Swanson occurrence, in his paper: Notes on Prospecting in the Vicinity of Fornieri Bay, Eagle Lake, September 4, 1947. 1955 Steeprock Iron Ore Mines Ltd. performed a ground magnetic survey and a 2 I 460 foot diamond drill program in four holes on the north shore of North Twin Island. Commodity sought was iron (magnetite iron formation). No assay data is available. (GDIF 359, Buchan Bay Area). 1970 Questor Surveys Ltd. f lew an airborne EM (input) and total field magnetic survey for Freeport Canadian Exploration Co. in the area to the north of North Twin Island. 1973-75 Kamlo Gold Mines Ltd. carried out geological mapping ground total field magnetic, EM, IP and resistivity surveys int he Fornieri Bay-Poplar Island area. In 1975, the ground surveys were followed up by 910 feet of drilling in seven holes. Only two of the seven holes were analysed for gold, silver and copper. 1972 Selco Mining Corp. Ltd. carried out a small ground total field magnetic survey over the point of land just west of Fornieri Bay. 1978 Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd. drilled four holes totalling 1,435 feet on Eagle Lake around the Farabout Peninsula (one of which is located on the present claim group) . Drilling encountered pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite in every hole. No assay data is available (GDIF 359 Buchan Bay Area). 1981-85 Raleigh Minerals Ltd. were active in the Fornieri Bay-Hardrock Bay areas. They performed a selfpotential survey in 1981; diamond drilling in 1982/83; a second self-potential survey in 1983 and more drilling in 1985. A total of 2,614 feet was drilled in 12 holes in the two year period. Samples were analysed for gold and silver in all holes. (GDIF 359 Buchan Bay Area). 1987 Geoterrex Ltd., on behalf of the Ontario Geological Survey, flew an airborne EM (Geotem) and total field magnetic survey over the Dryden area as part of a regional program. Results were released in May of 1987. 1987 In early 1987, a group of 29 claims was optioned from Mr. Alex Glatz of Dryden, and a group of 39 claims was optioned from Mr. Alex Kozowy, also of Dryden, Ontario. (Kenora AF 52F/11NE, EE-10, International Platinum Corp., Geology & Prospecting Results Report, p.8-9)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 52F/11NE, V-1, Fornieri Bay Prospect (Buchan Bay) | Donated | Donated |
| 52F/11NE, EE-10, International Platinum Corp. (Buc | 52F14SW0006 | 52F14SW0006 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Feb 11, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - 'The Eagle Lake Property lies within the Wabigoon Subprovince, a granite-greenstone belt separated from the English River metasedimentary rocks in the north by the Wabigoon Fault; and the metasedimentary rocks of the Quetico Subprovince, and by the Atikwa Batholith to the south.' (Kenora AF 52F/11NE, EE-10, International Platinum Corp., Geology & Prospecting Results Report, p.1)
Feb 11, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - Mr. H. Hawes pointed out two or three quartz-carbonate veinlets under a few inches of water that he had prospected when the water level was lower than at present. The veinlets contain minor amounts of pyrite. Mr. Hawes reports that he found coarse visible gold here but that channel sampling of the veins gave very low assay returns. The veins are enclosed in fissile light coloured schist, or undetermined origin; in places it is carbonatized. The strike is somewhat variable over short distances; at the vein it is about 261 degrees; the dip is steeply, say about 75 degrees to the north. The fissile schist is carbonatized in places. The direction of glaciation at this place is 227º. (Kenora Assessment File 52F/11NE, V-1, Fornieri Bay Prospect, last page of Prospecting Report).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 11, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - 'The quartz vein on Poplar Island is also enriched in Au at 140 and 190 ppb. An Fe-carbonate and rhyolite or chert horizon is enriched in Au at 170 ppb as well as Ag at 3.0 ppm. The Poplar Island quartz vein sample contains the highest Ag value obtained in this study at 5.8 ppm.' (Kenora AF 52F/11NE, EE-10, International Platinum Corp., Geology & Prospecting Results Report, p.38) 'The highest Zn values came from the quartz vein on Poplar Island assaying at 2.1% and 1.1% Zn. Increased Zn values were observed on the Kozowy Option in both the rhyolite, rhydodacite, and quartz veining and semi massive sulphide. The massive sulphides and rhyolites and rhyodacite are enriched over the mafic flows.' (Kenora AF 52F/11NE, EE-10, International Platinum Corp., Geology & Prospecting Results Report, p.42)
File - Resident Geologist files, 52F/11NE, V-1, Fornieri Bay Prospect (Buchan Bay), 1947
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File - Kenora Historical File 52F/11NE00051, Poplar Island
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