Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52G15SE00004
| Record Name(s) | Div Lake - 1957, Benderite Showing - 1990, Quill Lake - 1957, Iron Duke - 2016 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1995-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Dunne Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 51' 38.04" Longitude: -90° 38' 35.42"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 669387 Northing: 5525792 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52G15SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is located in the Glitter Lake area approximately 90 km north of the town of Upsala and 24 km east of the Mattabi Mine site. Access is afforded by the Graham logging road which connects with Hwy 17 about 14 km west of the town of Upsala. At kilometer 88 north from Hwy 17, a secondary logging road - the Brightsand Road - connects the Graham road to the property 32 km to the west.
1957: 7 holes drilled in the Div Lake area by N. A. Timmins Exploration Ltd. 1970: Ranworth Exploration Ltd. carried out airborne magnetic and EM surveys. 1990-91: Prospecting, trenching and sampling of a number of gossans in the Div Lake area by A. Benderite. 1991: Hemlo Gold optioned the property in 1991 and Norex Exploration did reconnaissance geological and prospecting surveys, gridding, soil and humus geochemical surveys, trenching and rock geochemistry over the area. 1992: Morrisette Drilling Ltd. drilled 6 holes totalling 780 m for Norex Exploration in the spring. 1993: A. Benderite did stripping, trenching and prospecting of the area. 2009: NEBU Resources Inc. carried out a helicopter-borne magnetic survey. 2016: Benton Resources staked the property and conducted sampling on historic trenches.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.42631 | 20000000601 | 20000000601 |
| 52G15SE0016 | 52G15SE0014 | 52G15SE0014 |
| 14 | 52G15SE0002 | 52G15SE0002 |
| 2.14642 | 52G15SE0001 | 52G15SE0001 |
| 2.14471 | 52G15SE0003 | 52G15SE0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Sturgeon Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (R Tuomi) - MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN: arsenopyrite-bearing sulphide bands in schistose chloritic argillites within a mafic metavolcanic unit.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Iron Formation | Near | |
| Mudstone | 3 | Chloritic | Metamorphic Argillite | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Tuomi) - MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN: arsenopyrite-bearing sulphide bands in schistose chloritic argillites within a mafic metavolcanic unit. 1992: DDH Q92-01 returned assays up to 0.065 ounce gold per ton DDH Q92-06 returned assays up to 0.062 ounce gold per ton.
Apr 24, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Assays from Benton Resources’ 2016 resampling of historic trenches returned values of 1.2-64.1 gpt Au (Benton Resources Nov. 22, 2016 press release).
Dec 07, 2005 (R Tuomi) - Shearing.
Article - Sioux Lookout Resident Geologist's District-1991
Publication Number: MP158.004 Page: 66-67 Date: 1997
Author: Janes D.A., Seim G.Wm., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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