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| Record Name(s) | Mousetrap Lake - 1990, Wright Lake # 7 - 1990, Ontario Gold Joint Venture - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Wright Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 15' 2.21" Longitude: -90° 58' 39.67"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 641132.767 Northing: 5679637.611 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O07SW
Point Location Description: Sample locations depicted south of west end of Mousetrap Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The Mousetrap Lake occurrence is located about 58 km southwest of Pickle Lake. The occurrence is located on the south shore of Mousetrap Lake near its west end. Access to Mousetrap Lake is by appropriately equipped aircraft.
1984: Dunlop Explorations working for Ontario Gold Joint Venture (Northern Dynasty Explorations Ltd, and Newfield Minerals Inc.) conducted a prospecting and sampling program in the Dempster Lake area. 1985 to 1988: The Ontario Gold Joint Venture (Northern Dynasty Explorations Ltd, and Newfield Minerals Inc.) conducted an exploration program on a large block of claims in the Dempster Lake area. The multi-phased program included geological mapping, stripping and trenching, rock and soil geochemistry and airborne mag and EM surveys, ground mag and EM surveys and diamond-drilling.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Meen-Dempster
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The Mousetrap Lake occurrence consists of a swarm of quartz-tourmaline veins in an outcrop of granodiorite. The veins trend 030 degrees and 150 degrees. Alteration minerals in the granodiorite are epidote, pyrite and carbonate.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Tourmaline | Contains |
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| Granodiorite | 2 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Epidote | Alteration | Unknown | 1 | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Unknown | 2 |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Grab samples from this occurrence have returned values up to 0.251 oz/ton Au and 10.5 ppm Ag.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
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 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 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 Page: 364 Date: 1993
Author: Seim G.Wm.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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