Ontario Mineral Inventory

Ontario Geological Survey
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Record: MDI52N02SW00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Horseshoe Lake Prospect - 1927, Elbow Lake Prospect - 1927
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Prospect
Date Created	1979-Jun-06
Date Last Modified	2022-Jul-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Gold

Location

Township or Area: Mitchell

Latitude: 51° 1' 15.89" Longitude: -92° 45' 27.28"

UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 517003 Northing: 5652197 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N02SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 9.5 km SW of South Bay Mine site

Exploration History

1951 Heath Gold Mines Limited drilled 8 holes, H-1 - H-8 (2207 ft) - all holes intersected zinc mineralization - best intersection in H-8 with 2.44% Zn/5.2 ft 1965 Norite Exploration Ltd. Drilled 4 holes, N-1 - N-4 (1307 ft) intersecting up to 5.5% Zn/37 ft 1968 & 1971 Selco Mining Corp. conducted geological mapping and completed 9 diamond drill holes, (3633 ft) - DDHs UA-2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 40, 45 & 46 - assay results were not released as part of work filed for assessment credits 1984 Cominco Ltd. performed reconnaissance mapping, magnetometer and UTEM geophysical surveys 1989 - 1990 Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. carried out lithogeochemical sampling, VLF-EM and HLEM as well a gravity surveys 1991 - 1993 Minnova Inc. carried out mapping, lithogeochemical sampling, surface PEM and drilled 3 holes, CFL-91-1, 92-6 & 92-12 (1884 m) to the 500 m level, down hole PEM was performed on all holes 1994 Allan Spector and Associates Limited, completed a gravity survey around the perimeter of the northern part of Elbow Lake 1995 - Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. carried out geological mapping, 1998 ground magnetic-, HLEM- & DeepEM surveys and completed 4 diamond drill holes, HL-96-1, 2, 3 & HL-98-4 (1944.8 m) - each followed by borehole PEM In 2007, the discovery of the Arrow Zone, originally discovered by Noranda, was further explored by Tribute Minerals Inc. 2009 Meyer, Claus Martin & Gerhard conducted a program of evaluating existing lithogeochemical data for the Horseshoe Lake property. (history taken from assessment file 2.43759)

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
RL 2.43759	20000005848	20000005848
RL MITN 2.19133	52N02SW2003	52N02SW2003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Birch-Uchi

Geological Age: Archean

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Porphyry-unsubdivided	1			Adjacent
Schist-Unsubdivided	2	Feldspar		Host

Lithology Comments

Nov 13, 2014 (A Wilson) - The mineralization is hosted along the contact between a light grey to buff quartz-feldspar porphyry on the south and a buff to tan sericite-quartz-feldspar schist on the north. The mineralized zone trends N65E and dips vertically to steeply northwest.

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type
1	Pyrite	Economic	Ore
2	Pyrrhotite	Economic	Ore
3	Sphalerite	Economic	Ore
4	Chalcopyrite	Economic	Ore

Mineralization Comments

Nov 13, 2014 (A McKee) - Diamond drilling has indicated values up to 5.46% Zn, 0.91 oz/t Ag, 1.18% Pb and minor Cu and Au over thicknesses of 5-14 feet.