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| Record Name(s) | Claw Lake - 1970 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Bell Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 51' 26.02" Longitude: -90° 50' 4"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 655652 Northing: 5525006 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52G15SW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole S92-1 from Assessment report 52G15SW0002
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The Mattabi Mine road off Hwy. 559 north of Ignace reaches within 6.4 km of Claw Lake. There may be access trails from the mine area to Claw Lake site.
1969-70: Santa Maria Resources optioned a claim block near Claw (Clay) Lake. A geophysical survey indicated an anomalous zone near Claw Lake. 1970: Santa Maria drilled five holes 1971: Falconbridge Nickel conducted radem, VLF, and soil surveys, and geological mapping 1972: Falconbridge drilled additional holes. 1992: Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. conducted magnetometer, TEM, and borehole PEM geophysical surveys, and drilled 1 DDH (including multiple wedges) totalling 1744 m. 2007: 1522923 Ontario Inc conducted gravity and magnetometer surveys. 2011: 3936449 Canada Inc. carried out a soil gas hydrocarbon geochemical survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | 52G15SW0002 | 52G15SW0002 |
| 2.49295 | 20000006144 | 20000006144 |
| 2.14828 | 52G15SW9156 | 52G15SW9156 |
| 52G15SW0011A1 | 52G15SW0009 | 52G15SW0009 |
| 2.37751 | 20000002831 | 20000002831 |
| 52G15SW-0012-A1 | 52G15SW0010 | 52G15SW0010 |
| 52G15SW-0022-A1 | 52G15SW0023 | 52G15SW0023 |
| 52G15SW-0024-A1 | 52G15SW9154 | 52G15SW9154 |
| 52G15SW-0029-A1 | 52G15SW0032 | 52G15SW0032 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Sturgeon Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (R Tuomi) - Drill logs are not available. The area is underlain by thin bands of felsic to intermediate metatuff and metasediments in mafic meta-volcanics.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | |||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Graphitic |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Tuomi) - MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN: exhalite layer, HOST ROCK: felsic to intermediate tuffs, OTHER ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES: 1) metamafic volcanics, 2) acid (dacitic) tuffs, 3) graphitic metasediments.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Jan 28, 2020 (R Tuomi) - 1971: 16 holes drilled, no grades given. 1973: 13 holes drilled, best intersection was in DDH LLM-17, with 2.62% CU and 0.06 OPT AU over 14 ft at 182.5ft. Santa Maria Mines Ltd. Prospectus, May 20, 1980, p. 3.
Jan 28, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - In DDH S-92-1, a section of stringer-type mineralization was intersected at 378 m downhole with best assays of 1.14% Cu and 1.23% Zn over 2.05 m (Assessment report 52G15SW9156).
Book - Northern Miner 75-01-16, Mattagami, p. 1
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1975
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Northern Miner Magazine
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