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Record: MDI52K01SE00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Botham Bay - South - 1995, East Showing - 1952, Auteco Sioux Lookout Property - 2022
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1995-May-24
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Jordan

Latitude: 50° 3' 28.47"    Longitude: -92° 6' 25.82"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 563909   Northing: 5545451    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52K01SE

Point Location Description: Sample K022816 from Auteco August 9, 2023 ASX release

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1951: Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. drilled 3 DDH totalling 155 m. 1983: Kerr Addison Mines Ltd. carried out mapping, soil and rock geochemistry, and magnetic and VLF-EM geophysical surveys. 1986-87: Moneta Porcupine Mines Ltd. carried out airborne mag and VLF-EM surveys and drilled 1 DDH totalling 190 m. 2021: AuTECO Minerals Ltd. acquired the property. 2022: AuTECO conducted airborne magnetic and Lidar surveys. 2023: AuTECO carried out mapping and sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52K01SE-0012 52K01SE8980 52K01SE8980
52K01SE-0023 52K01SE8954 52K01SE8954
52K04SW0501, 52K01SE-0027 20000005289 20000005289
5492 20000020932 20000020932
52K01SE AJ-0028 52K04SW0500 52K04SW0500
52K01SE AM-0030, 63.5050 52K01SE0005 52K01SE0005

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Terrane: Western Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1
Ironstone-unsubdivided 2

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3MagnetiteEconomicOre
1ChloriteEconomicGangue
2CarbonateEconomicGangue
3EpidoteEconomicGangue
4QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 09, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - AuTECO's sample K022816 returned 73.6 ppm Au and sample K022815 returned 1.44 ppm Au (AuTECO ASX release August 9, 2023).


Jun 28, 2022 (Q Unknown) - 1987 ddh #87-11 (AF-0023): iron formation intersected - no assays. 1952 ddh #2 (AF-0012): assay of 0.04 opt Au/3.7'. 1983 grab sample (AF-0027): assays > 10,000 ppb in sheared magnetite-pyritic chert bed (#E128).



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