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| Record Name(s) | Garnet Lake Property - Arrow Zone - 1997, Selco - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1979-May-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jan-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Gold, Copper, Indium, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Gallium
Township or Area: Belanger
Latitude: 50° 59' 35.4" Longitude: -92° 49' .02"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 512866 Northing: 5649080.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K15NW
Point Location Description: Mineral triangle east of unnamed lake due east of Fredart Lake 5 km east of Fredart Lk
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 60 km NE of Ear Falls, South Bay logging road
The property has seen intermittent work since the 1950s, when it was explored for base metals. 1969 - 1970s: Discovery of South Bay Mine by Selco Mining Corp. in 1968 led to systematic exploration of the Confederation Lake belt by Selco between 1970 and the early 1980s, resulting in a number of small, shallow high-grade Cu-Zn prospects that were deemed by Selco to be uneconomic. Work included: GL, GM, GEM, and DDH(20). 1984: Cominco completed GL, GM, and UTEM. Work confirmed previous targets. 1987: Noranda completed an AEM survey and started a regional lithogeochemistry sampling and geological mapping program. 1990-1994: Minnova completed Lc, GL, Lithogeochemical Samp, and GM, surface PEM and DDH(2)=854 m. Both holes intersected stringer sulphides in an altered QFP rhyolite unit. 1994-1998: Noranda completed Lc, GM, HLEM, surface PEM, DDH(28)=14867.5 m and borehole PEM. DD intersected significant stringer to massive sulphides on the Arrow Zone over 1.4 km strike length, between -320 to -800 m. 2002-2007: Property was obtained by Tribute in February 2002 from Noranda. Tribute completed Lc, GEM (Titan 24), and BHTEM, in addition to drilling 72 DDH totalling 33,061 m. NI 43-101 Resource Estimate released by Tribute August 14, 2007. 2008: Tribute Minerals Inc, drilled 8 DDH totalling 2441 m. 2010: Tribute changes its name to AurCrest Gold Inc. 2016: Pistol Bay Mining Inc. acquired the property from AurCrest and carried out geophysical surveys and geological mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| RL BELT #74 / 2.4626 | 42A11SE0275 | 42A11SE0275 |
| RL BELT #68 / 2.38270 | 20000003395 | 20000003395 |
| 14 | 52K15NW0017 | 52K15NW0017 |
| 52N02SE0117 | 20000005449 | 20000005449 |
| 2.16898 | 52N02SE0032 | 52N02SE0032 |
| 63.4673 | 52N02SE0081 | 52N02SE0081 |
| 2.19339 | 52N02SW2004 | 52N02SW2004 |
| 2.14840 | 52N02SE9972 | 52N02SE9972 |
| 2.16335 | 52N02SW0001 | 52N02SW0001 |
| 2.27720 | 52N02SW2012 | 52N02SW2012 |
| 52N02SW0451 | 20000006232 | 20000006232 |
| 2.32204 | 20000001515 | 20000001515 |
| 2.34889 | 20000002443 | 20000002443 |
| 2.30335 | 20000000845 | 20000000845 |
| 2.36747 | 20000003050 | 20000003050 |
| 2.14464 | 52N02SW8905 | 52N02SW8905 |
| 2.46426 | 20000005659 | 20000005659 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Birch-Uchi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: L. Amphibolite
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Interflow Sediments | Host | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Quartz-Feldspar | Adjacent | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 20, 2015 (A McKee) - GL-2007-61 best intersection was 2.45% over 4 m, GL-2007-63: 0.9 m of 2.73 % Zn, 0.10% Cu, 4.1 g/t Ag, GL-2008-70: 1.5 m of 1.72% Zn, 0.22% Cu and 16.4 g/t Ag, GL-2008-72: Best intersections were 1.5 m of 3.6% Zn, .016% Cu, .095 g/t Au, 17.2 g/t Ag and 24 g/t In, and 1.4 m of 4.5% Zn, 0.34% Cu, 0.2 g/t Au, 22.7 g/t Ag and 25 g/t.
Apr 24, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Arrow Zone is a base metal discovery that occurs between 250 and 550 m vertical depths at the contact of a quartz feldspar porphyry sub-volcanic intrusive and a cherty ash tuff. Mineralization is associated with a laterally extensive Deep EM conductivity trend with coincident locally elevated magnetics, and has been traced for approx. 1.4 km of strike length and plunges moderately to the west. The Arrow Zone is a metamorphosed volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit located towards the NW end of the Confederation Greenstone Belt. The deposit is hosted within a horizon of magnetite-rich interflow chloritite sediments enveloped by chlorite-anthophyllite-garnet-andalusite-staurolite altered felsic tuff volcanic rocks. The host rocks immediately overlie a sericitized quartz feldspar porphyry unit that is interpreted to represent the deposit’s volcanic dome footwall. Intermediate and felsic ash and fragmental tuffs make up the hanging wall. An amphibolitic unit interpreted as a metamorphosed mafic volcanic flow is also situated in the hanging wall at variable uphole distances above the mineralized layer. The base metal mineralization consists of medium- to coarse-grained, massive to semi-massive to stringer sphalerite and lesser chalcopyrite associated with significantly anomalous gold, silver, indium and gallium values. Pyrrhotite, pyrite and magnetite contents are variable but major components of the mineralization (Carter, 2007). Some interesting assays include the following: GL-97-2C: 19.10% Zn, 2.15% Cu, 1.58 gpt Au, 35.10 gpt Ag over 6.30 m; GL-97-7: 11.70% Zn, 0.64% Cu, 0.33 gpt Au, 11.20 gpt Ag over 6.20 m; GL-04-04: 17.40% Zn, 0.68% Cu, 0.32 gpt Au, 28.0 gpt Ag, 31.2 gpt In over 4.25 m; GL-06-18: 18.50% Zn, 0.66% Cu, 0.46% gpt Au, 25.70 gpt Ag, 81.2 gpt In over 5.4 m; GL-06-26: 13.40% Zn, 0.67% Cu, 13.60 gpt Au, 55.0 gpt Ag, 29.60 gpt In over 2.50 m; GL-06-39: 20.30% Zn, 1.23% Cu, 0.47 gpt Au, 28.10 gpt Ag, 33.10 gpt In over 4.0 m (Carter, 2007). The core of the Arrow Zone is a massive sulphide zone from 3-12 m thick. Towards the edges of the zone, the massive sulphides diminish to, and interfinger with, a cherty argillite with magnetite and often only trace amounts of sphalerite or chalcopyrite are present, Maximum individual assays for the four metals are copper 7.60%, zinc 46.9%, silver 285 gpt, and gold 69.8 gpt (Carter and Bowdidge, 2017).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | VMS Base Metal |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Lens | 1600 | 60 | 70 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Arrow Zone | 2017 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 2100000 | 2017 NI 43-101 report | At a 3% Zn equivalent | Copper 0.72 %, Gold 0.6 g/t, Silver 19.5 g/t, Zinc 5.78 % |
| Arrow Zone 3% Zn equivalent | 2007 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 120552 | Tribute Minerals Inc. news release August 14, 2007 | NI43-101 compliant. At a 3% Zn equivalent | Copper .56 %, Gold .4 g/t, Silver 21.5 g/t, Zinc 2.6 % |
| Arrow zone 10% Zn equivalent | 2007 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 633429 | Tribute Minerals Inc. news release August 14, 2007 | NI43-101 compliant. At a 10% Zn equivalent. Plus an average indium value of 55.2 g/t for 10 of 13 DDH intersecting the Arrow Zone. | Copper 1.11 %, Gold .85 g/t, Silver 31.7 g/t, Zinc 14.3 % |
| Arrow zone 5% Zn equivalent | 2007 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 1762211 | Tribute Minerals Inc. news release August 14, 2007 | NI43-101 compliant. At a 5% Zn equivalent. Plus an average indium value of 28.7 g/t for 18 of 23 DDH intersecting the Arrow Zone. | Copper .79 %, Gold .61 g/t, Silver 22.3 g/t, Zinc 6.75 % |
| Arrow Zone 3% Zn equivalent | 2007 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 2070888 | Tribute Minerals Inc. news release dated August 14, 2007 filed on SEDAR | NI43-101 compliant. At a 3% Zn equivalent. Plus an average indium value of 34.6 g/t for 19 out of 24 DDH. | Copper .75 %, Gold .58 g/t, Silver 21.1 g/t, Zinc 5.92 % |
| Arrow Zone 5% Zn equivalent | 2007 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 51631 | Tribute Minerals Inc. news release August 14, 2007 | NI43-101 compliant. At a 5% Zn equivalent. | Copper .79 %, Gold .58 g/t, Silver 23.8 g/t, Zinc 3.86 % |
| Arrow Zone | 2006 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 574000 | 43-101 Technical Report on the Garnet Lake Property, Confederation Lake Belt on behalf of Tribute Minerals Inc. by Carter, G.S., Broad Oak Associates; July 2006 and TBM news release June 8, 2006 and TBM news release June 8, 2006 | Preliminary resource based on 13 DDH, using 5% Zn equivalent (=Zn wt % + 2.4 Cu wt %) cutoff: 4.34% Zn, 0.87% Cu, 0.76g/t Au, and 22.3 g/t Ag. | Copper .87 %, Gold .76 g/t, Silver 22.3 g/t, Zinc 4.34 % |
| Arrow Zone | 2006 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 1278000 | 43-101 Technical Report on the Garnet Lake Property, Confederation Lake Belt on behalf of Tribute Minerals Inc. by Carter, G.S., Broad Oak Associates; July 2006 | Preliminary resource based on 13 DDH, using 5% Zn equivalent (=Zn wt % + 2.4 Cu wt %) cutoff: 8.12% Zn, 0.81% Cu, 0.64g/t Au, 22.9g/t Ag | Copper .81 %, Gold .64 g/t, Silver 22.9 g/t, Zinc 8.12 % |
File - Resident Geologist files 1968-72 Belanger #6
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP office
Publication - Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate on the Garnet Lake Property
Publication Number: 2017 43-101 Date: 2017
Author: Carter, G.S., and Bowdidge, C.
Publisher Name: Broad Oak Assoc.
Location: SEDAR (under Pistol Bay)
Map - Geological series, Operation Kenora-Ear Falls, Bruce-Bluffy lakes sheet, District of Kenora
Publication Number: P1199 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Breaks F.W., Bond W.D., Desnoyers D.W., Stone D., Harris N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Belanger and Bowerman townships, Kenora District (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: P2571 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Muir T.L., Graydon J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Technical Report on the Resources at Garnet Lake Property, Confederation Lake Belt
Publication Number: 2007 43-101 Date: 2007
Author: Carter, G.S.
Publisher Name: Broad Oak Assoc. for Tribute Minerals Inc.
Location: SEDAR (under AurCrest)
Map - Geology and Tectonostratigraphic Assemblages, East Uchi Subprovince, Red Lake and Birch-Uchi Belts, Ontario
Publication Number: P3460 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2004
Author: Sanborn-Barrie M., Rogers N., Skulski T., Parker J.R., McNicoll V.J., Devaney J.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada, Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Compilation series, Trout Lake-Birch Lake sheet, Kenora District
Publication Number: P2386 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1981
Author: Thurston P.C., Bartlett J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Belanger Township (Fredart-Whitemud lakes area), Patricia Portion, District of Kenora
Publication Number: P0350 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Fenwick K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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