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| Record Name(s) | Kawashe Lake # 18 - 1990, Muskegsagagen Lake - 9999 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | Mark Puumala |
Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Kawashe Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 18' 51.12" Longitude: -91° 7' 47.4"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 630335.467 Northing: 5686426.681 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O06SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This occurrence is located about 70 km south-southwest of Pickle Lake and about 5.7 km south of the Golden Patricia Mine. The occurrence is located about 1.5 km south of Muskegsagagen Lake and 3.5 km east of Obaskaka Lake. Access to this occurrence is by appropriately equipped aircraft to Muskegsagagan Lake and then traversing overland south to the occurrence. The winter road to the Golden Patricia mine passes about 5.75 km to the northeast of the occurrence.
1973: Umex Inc. drilled a diamond-drill hole to the northeast of the occurrence as part of a large program to follow up a large airborne geophysical survey. 1978: Cominco Ltd. commissioned an airborne geophysical survey which covered the occurrence. 1979: Cominco Ltd. did ground mag and EM and gravimetric surveys near the occurrence. 1984: St. Joe Canada Inc. commissioned an airborne mag survey over the occurrence. 1985: St. Joe Canada Inc. did ground geophysical surveys north of the occurrence and drilled 5 diamond-drill holes, totalling 2815 m. 1986: Geocanex Ltd. commissioned airborne mag and EM surveys which covered the occurrence area. 1987: Massive Resources Ltd. did ground mag and EM surveys, geological mapping and a basal till sampling survey over the occurrence area. This occurrence was discovered by basal till survey. 1989: Bond Gold Canada Inc. did a geological mapping program north of the occurrence.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Meen-Dempster
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - This occurrence was discovered in a basal till sample which reported an analytical result of 7500 ppm zinc. Geological mapping for Massive Resources Ltd. indicated the occurrence to be underlain by mafic metavolcanics. Stott and Wilson (1986) indicate an intermediate-to-felsic metavolcanic contact with mafic metavolcanic in the vicinity of the occurrence. The occurrence is associated with an electromagnetic anomaly.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Mineralization was discovered in basal till.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - A basal till sample returned an assay of 7500 ppm zinc.
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Not known.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
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
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
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
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