Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Mistango Main - 1986, Troutfly - 1986, Calder-Bousquet - 1950, Cameron-Byberg - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1987-Mar-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Tungsten
Township or Area: Laval
Latitude: 49° 50' 21.48" Longitude: -92° 26' 57"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 539608 Northing: 5520909 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F16SW
Point Location Description: DDH M-86-4 from Assessment report 52F16SW0033
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1950-51: Calder Bousquet Gold Mines Ltd. carried out mapping and sampling. 1982: Mistango Consolidated Resources Ltd. conducted a ground magnetic survey as well as airborne VLF-EM and mangetometer surveys. 1984: Billiton Metals Canada Inc. optioned the property, then returned it. 1986: Mistango drilled 4 DDH totalling 448.7 m. 1987: Mistango drilled 8 DDH totalling 758.95 m. 1992: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. carried out prospecting and sampling. 1996: Corona Gold Corp. carried out mapping, sampling, magnetic and EM surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52F16SW C-1 | 52F16SW0048 | 52F16SW0048 |
| 52F16SW T-2 | 52F16SW0033 | 52F16SW0033 |
| 17 | 52F16SW0036 | 52F16SW0036 |
| 2.16952 | 52F16SW0008 | 52F16SW0008 |
| 2.14739 | 52F16SE8291 | 52F16SE8291 |
| 2.6650 | 52F16SW0038 | 52F16SW0038 |
| 2.18316 | 52F16NW2001 | 52F16NW2001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Feldspar | Host |
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| Granodiorite | 2 | Host |
Jun 16, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Mistango Main showing is hosted by altered feldspar porphyry, which is part of a series of at least three subparallel feldspar porphyry sills traversing the property in a SW-NE direction (Assessment report 52F16SW0008).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Jun 16, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The best intersection from the 1986 drill program was in DDH M-86-4, which returned 0.49 oz/t Au over 1.8 m, including 1.33 oz/t Au over 0.61 m from a granodiorite with quartz carbonate alteration and 2-7% coarse pyrite (Assessment report 52F16SW0033).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | VMS Base Metal |
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: F-3 Date: 1981
Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Northern Miner 87-02-02, Mistango, p 10
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location:
Article - Laval and Hartman townships area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: MP137.013 Date: 1997
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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