Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52G15NW00013| Deposit Name(s) | Barge Lake W - 1975 |
|---|---|
| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 1995-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Feb-13 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Six Mile Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 54' 39.98" Longitude: -90° 49' 58.53"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 655588 Northing: 5530999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52G15NW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole NX-12 from Assessment report 52G15NW0072
Location Method: conversion from mdi
Source Map: OGS 1981 MAP 2457 STURGEON NARROWS
Sources Map Scale: 1:25 000
Access Description: Float or ski equipped aircraft can land on Sturgeon Lake near the mouth of Post Creek. From the tip of a narrow bay at the mouth of the Post Creek the drill collar is located 800 m south. Boats and snowmobiles can reach the bay by any of the access points off Highway 599 from O Briens Landing to Cobb Bay.
1969: Norlex Mines Ltd. conducted an airborne magnetometer and EM survey. 1972: Norlex carried out geological mapping and magnetic and EM surveys. 1975: Norlex drilled 8 DDH totalling 1067.7 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52G15NW FN-0085 | 52G15NW0045 | Open Open |
| 52G15SE N-0020 | 52G16SW0013 | Open |
| 52G15SE O-0021 | 52G16SW0011 | Open |
| 52G15NW FY-0092C1 | 52G15NW0146 | Open |
| 52G15NW-0043 | 52G15NW0072 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Sturgeon Lake
Geological Age: Archean
01/25/2000 (R Tuomi) - Hole NX-12 was drilled through 84 feet of overburden into a section of rhyolite pebble conglomerate and rhyolite tuff containing minor sulphides. At 240 feet a 3 feet wide vein of white quartz which contained 1% pyrite assayed 0.055 ounce gold per ton.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vein | 1 | quartz | contains | |
| conglomerate | 2 | rhyolite | pebble | host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gold | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 3 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
| chlorite | alteration | chloritic | 1 | unknown | disseminated |
02/04/2000 (R Tuomi) - 1975: drill hole NX-12 intersected a zone carrying 0.055 ounce gold per ton (1.88 g/t Au) and 0.01% Cu over 3 feet from a quartz vein containing approximately 1% pyrite and minor pyrrhotite (Assessment report 52G15NW0072).
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