Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52N07SE00021| Deposit Name(s) | Shabumeni Lake East (south Vein Set) - 1981, Clap Vein - 1981, Bullwinkle Zone - 2007 |
|---|---|
| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2019-Jul-29 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Shabumeni Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 19' 32.68" Longitude: -92° 37' 17.59"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 526369 Northing: 5686118 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N07SE
Point Location Description: Location of Bullwinkle zone from Assessment report 20000002796
Location Method: data compilation
Source Map: OGS 1989 P.3118 WEST BIRCH LAKE AREA
Sources Map Scale: 1:12 000
Access Description: 80 Km ENE of Red lake
1969: Falconbridge Nickel completed an electromagnetic survey. 1981: Minorex Ltd. staked the northern portion of the property. Geological mapping, magnetic and VLF-EM surveys and assaying were completed and series of eight gold-bearing quartz vein zones were discovered. 1987: Marilyn Resources Inc. conducted line cutting, IP and VLF-EM and magnetic surveys, and drilled 4 DDH totalling 376.1 m, including 1 DDH totalling 91.46 m on the Clap/Bullwinkle Zone. 1990: Milestone Resources drilled 20 DDH totalling 1639.8 m, including 8 DDH totalling 526.82 m on the Clap/Bullwinkle Zone. 2003: Jilbey Gold Exploration Ltd. completed airborne and magnetic and electromagnetic surveys followed up by ground magnetic, soil and rock sampling and MMI soil geochemistry. 2007: Merrex Gold Inc conducted prospecting, geological mapping, sampling, trenching, soil and channel sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| RL 52N07SE / 2.34407 | 20000001975 | Open |
| RL 2286 / 2.37654 | 20000002796 | Open |
| 29 | 52N07SE0376 | Open |
| 22 | 52N07SE0022 | Open |
| 2.51478 | 20000007338 | Open |
| 2.27483 | 52N08NE2003 | Open |
| 2.4834 | 52N07SE0038 | Open |
| 63.3895 | 52N07SE0040 | Open |
| 2.4675 | 52N07SE0037 | Open |
| 2.4245 | 52N07SE0042 | Open |
| 2.10445 | 52N07SE0019 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Belt: Birch-uchi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mafic metavolcanics | 1 | contains | ||
| vein | 2 | quartz | host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 3 | malachite | economic | ore |
01/27/2012 (A Mckee) - SOUTH VEIN SET 1981 -INCLUDES: VEINS OF ZONE #8, #7, #6 (CLAP) AND #9 (DEFINED BY DDH NE OF CLAP VEIN), GRADE 1981 SURFACE GRAB SAMPLES: UP TO 0.44 OPT AU FROM VEINS IN SET, GRADE 1990 SEVERAL DDH'S: BEST ASSAY 0.32 OPT AU/1.5 FT (#1 UNDER ZONE #9, NE OF CLAP). 2007: Highest returned assay 2190 ppb
07/29/2019 (T Pettigrew) - During the 2007 prospecting program, the best sample from the Clap zone assayed 0.909 ppm Au. The best sample from the Bullwinkle zone assayed 73.60 ppm Au. The Clap trench is located at NAD83 Zone 16 526014 m E, 5686064 m N and is described as quartz veins up to 4 inches in mafic volcanics. The Bullwinkle zone is located at NAD83 Zone 16 526369 m E, 5686118 m N, and is described as a quartz vein with up to 6% disseminated pyrite (Assessment report 20000002796).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | vein |
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