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| Record Name(s) | Monsoon Lake - 1988, Matapesatakun Bay #3 - 1993, Jewett Lake Joint Venture - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-13 |
| Created By | Mark Puumala |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Matapesatakun Bay Area
Latitude: 51° 14' 28.2" Longitude: -90° 36' 10.53"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 667317.88 Northing: 5679374.06 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O02NE
Point Location Description: Grid coordinates L38+00 E, 2+75 N on Bond Gold Canada Inc. grid in file 52O/02NE-0017.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to this occurrence is by appropriately equipped aircraft to Sky Lake, which is located about 35km southwest of Pickle Lake. From there, traverse overland to the occurrence, about 2.11 km east of Sky Lake and 680 m north of Monsoon Lake (a local name for a small lake located 2.2 km east-southeast of Sky Lake.
1971: Union Miniere Explorations and Mining Corporation Limited commissioned airborne magnetometer and electromagnetic surveys over a large part of the Central Uchi greenstone belt, including the occurrence area. 1984: Golden Maverick Resources Limited flew airborne magnetometer and electromagnetic surveys over a large claim group which covered the occurrence. This was followed by geological mapping, and rock and soil geochemistry. 1985: Golden Terrace Resources Corporation performed diamond-drilling to the west-southwest of the occurrence. 1988: Bond Gold Canada Inc. did geological mapping, and ground magnetometer and electromagnetic surveys on their Jewett Lake Joint Venture property covering the occurrence area. The occurrence was discovered by a Bond Gold geological mapping crew. 1994: Barrick Gold Corporation acquires LAC Minerals Inc. and places the property into a wholly owned subsidiary - Lac Properties. 2010: Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. included the patented claim group in an airborne AEM survey. 2011: Tri Origin carried out soil sampling. 2016: Tri-Origin options the property from Barrick Gold Corporation committing to spend $500 000 in exploration over 4-years to vest a 96% equity interest option Barrick will retain a 0.5% net smelter return royalty on, and a back-in right to purchase a 51% interest in, the patented claims and contiguous Sky Lake property which can be exercised at its discretion based on review of a positive feasibility study. 2016: White Metal Resources carried out prospecting and soil sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.54456 | 20000008028 | 20000008028 |
| 2.52108 | 20000007269 | 20000007269 |
| 2.46268 | 20000005590 | 20000005590 |
| 2.57301 | 20000013888 | 20000013888 |
| 2.49548 | 20000006860 | 20000006860 |
| 2.13573 | 52O02NE0001 | 52O02NE0001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Meen-Dempster
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The Matapesatakum Bay #3 occurrence is an outcrop of silicified, mafic metavolcanics and iron formation as mapped by Bond Gold Canada Inc. The rocks strike northeast and dip vertically to steeply north. A shear zone in the outcrop is indicated on the Bond Gold Canada Inc. map and strikes sub-parallel to the regional strike of the rocks. Nearby are outcrops of gabbroic rock interpreted as discontinuous dykes.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Medium | Veins | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Medium | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - A grab sample if the iron formation returned 1.03 g Au/t. A grab sample of the silicified mafic metavolcanic returned 1.37 g Au/t.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
Map - Cat Lake-Pickle Lake, geological compilation series, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2218 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1976
Author: Sage R.P., Breaks F.W., Troup W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
MonoMap - Geology of the Cat Lake-Pickle Lake area, districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R207 Scale: Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Breaks F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Precambrian geology, Muskegsagagen-Bancroft lakes area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: M2507 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1986
Author: Stott G.M., Wilson A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Mineral Deposits of the Central Portion of Uchi Subprovince, Volume 1, Meen Lake to Kesagiminnis Lake Portion
Publication Number: OFR5869 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Seim G.Wm.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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