Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Sky Lake South - 1988, Matapesatakun Bay #6 - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1995-May-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Matapesatakun Bay Area
Latitude: 51° 14' 14.27" Longitude: -90° 38' 33.35"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 664562.87 Northing: 5678854.03 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O02NE
Point Location Description: Sample ME-66 taken by Bond Gold Canada Inc near grid coordinates L10+00 E, 04+75 N.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The occurrence is located about 525 m southwest of Sky Lake in an isolated area of outcrops. The exact sampling site is not known. Access to Sky Lake is by appropriately equipped aircraft from Pickle Lake.
1971: Union Miniere Explorations and Mining Corporation Ltd. commissioned airborne magnetometer and electromagnetic surveys over a large part of the Central Uchi greenstone belt, including the area of this occurrence. 1984: Golden Maverick Resources commissioned another airborne magnetometer survey and electromagnetic survey. This was followed up with geological mapping, and rock and soil geochemistry. 1985: Golden Terrace Resources Corporation performed diamond-drilling near this occurrence. 1988: Bond Gold Canada Inc. did geological mapping, and ground magnetometer and electromagnetic surveys over their Jewett Lake Joint Venture property. 1988 and 1990: Bond Gold Canada Inc. completed 9 diamond-drill holes on the property. Assay results were not reported with the diamond-drill hole logs. Some assays are reported in assessment files separate from the diamond-drill hole logs. 2012: Tri Origin Exploration carried out soil and humus sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.46268 | 20000005590 | 20000005590 |
| 2.56234 | 20000014672 | 20000014672 |
| 52O02NE0003 | 20000005709 | 20000005709 |
| 2.54456 | 20000008028 | 20000008028 |
| 52O01NW-3 | 20000005379 | 20000005379 |
| 2.12197 | 52O02NE0004 | 52O02NE0004 |
| 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 Matapesatakun Bay #6 occurrence is located in an area underlain by massive, mafic-metavolcanic flows. Locally the flows are silicified and sheared. A quartz porphyry dyke cuts the outcrop area.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Quartz Porphyry | 2 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - A grab sample reported 1.03 g/t Au. Ore mineral not known.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unknown |
Map - Cat River-Kawinogans Lake area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44F Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Cat River-Kawinogans Lake area
Publication Number: ARV44-06.002 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
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
Location:
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
Location:
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
Location:
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