Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | McCombe - 1957, Donnelly Group - 1951, Fp61 - 2008 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jul-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Drayton
Latitude: 50° 2' 2.12" Longitude: -91° 49' 4.48"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 584656.14 Northing: 5543071.76 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52J04SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1951: property staked by J. Donnelly, who conducted stripping. 1957: claims staked by R.J. McCombe, who optioned them to Noranda Mines Ltd. 1957-58: Noranda conducted an EM survey. 1961: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd. conducted trenching and drilled 5 DDH totalling 505.7 m. 1985: Opawica Explorations Inc. conducted geological mapping and ground mag and EM geophysical surveys. 1988: Norlode Resources Inc. drilled 7 DDH totalling 394.4 m. 1998: A. Glatz and I. Riives conducted prospecting and sampling. 2013: Duncastle Gold Corp. flew helicopter-borne EM and magnetic geophysical surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| SL 1985 52J04SW-0020 | 52J04SW0007 | 52J04SW0007 |
| SL 1961 52J04SW-0010-D1 | 52J04SW0044 | 52J04SW0044 |
| SL 1958 52J04SW-0015-C1 | 52J04SW0029 | 52J04SW0029 |
| 2.53680 | 20000007936 | 20000007936 |
| 31 / SL 1988 52J04SW-0023 | 52J04SE0553 | 52J04SE0553 |
| 63.5486 | 52J04NE0496 | 52J04NE0496 |
| 2.19351 | 52J04SW2001 | 52J04SW2001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 2 | Shear Zone | Contains |
Nov 23, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - Copper and gold mineralization occurs in a brecciated zone of granodiorite. Stripping exposed the brecciated and carbonatized zone containing scattered threads of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.
| 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 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 23, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - A NE-trending brecciated contact zone between granitic and dioritic rocks contains some disseminated sulphides and threads of chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pyrite, and rare specks of molybdenite in tiny fractures. Two large trenches have been excavated on the northwest shoreline of Northeast Bay of Minnitaki Lake and expose erratic mineralization. A picked sample showing good mineralization was found to contain 1.26% Cu and a trace of Mo (Johnston, 1972). Grab samples gave assays ranging from 0.25 to 0.57% Cu and 0 to 0.22 opt Au. The best intersection was a core length of 4.5 feet which assayed 2.30% Cu and 0.12 opt Au (Shklanka, 1969). Chisholm (1951) collected grab samples which assayed 2.81% Cu and 0.05 opt Au. The best results from the 1961 Rio Tinto drill program were 0.57% Cu over 13.5 m (AFRI 52J04SW0007). The best assays from Norlode’s 1988 drill program were from DDH 88-3, between 65.0 and 135 feet, a core length of 70 feet, which assayed 0.47% Cu and 0.62 gpt Au, including a 6.0 foot section assaying 1.61% Cu and 3.19 gpt Au (AFRI 20000003428). Sample 5419 from the 1998 OPAP program returned assays of 1.28% Cu and 1509 ppb Au (AFRI 52J04SW2001).
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
File - Resident Geologist files 52J04SW-0016-B1 (1965); 52J04SW-0013-A1 (1961)
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Location: Kenora RGP office
Map - Minnitaki-Sturgeon lakes sheet, districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0353 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Davies J.C., Pryslak A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the Vermilion-Abram lakes area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R101 Page: 44 Date: 1972
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Abram Lake area (east part), District of Kenora
Publication Number: P0469 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Recent activities in the Sioux Lookout area
Publication Number: PR1951-01 Page: 10 Date: 1998
Author: Chisholm E.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 148 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the Flying Loon Lake area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R224 Page: 95 Date: 1983
Author: Trowell N.F., Bartlett J.R., Sutcliffe R.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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