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| Record Name(s) | Pickle Crow No. 3 Shaft - 1938, Tarp Lake 'C', 'H', 19 - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1996-Nov-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Tungsten
Township or Area: Connell
Latitude: 51° 30' 48.3" Longitude: -90° 2' 26.22"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 705338 Northing: 5711074 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O09SE
Point Location Description: AMIS shaft location
Location Method: Data Compilation
1928: No. 1 vein discovered by J. MacFarlane and H.H. Howell. 1928-1930: Trenching and diamond drilling by Northern Arial Minerals. 1933: Shaft sunk on property by Northern Arial Minerals. 1934: Pickle Crow Gold Mines is incorporated. 1935-1966: Producing mine. 1981-1984: Surface exploration and diamond drilling by Golden Shadow Resources and Gallant Gold Mines. 1985-1988: Diamond drilling, geophysics, outcrop stripping and geological mapping by Noramco Mining Corporation. 1988-1990: Partial feasibility study for underground mining by Noramco and Brampton Mining Services. 1999: property acquired by Wolfden Resources. 1999-2000: bulk sampling by Cantera Mines. 2004: Cantera went into receivership. D. Ross acquired all of Cantera’s rights and interest in the Pickle Crow property. 2006: Wolfden Resources completed a 225 ton per day mill on the site to process 343,616 tonnes of ore that were outlined in crown pillar areas by Canterra. Wolfden Resources transferred the property to Premier Gold Mines Ltd. 2008: PC Gold Inc. purchased the property from Premier and conducted an exploration program including locating historical drill collars, surveying historical shafts, geological mapping, sampling, LiDAR survey, and drilled 33 DDH totalling 8638 m. 2009: PC Gold drilled 34 DDH totalling 14,308 m and conducted line cutting, IP and ground magnetometer surveys, geological mapping, prospecting and sampling. 2010: PC Gold drilled 106 DDH totalling 35,545 m, and conducted trenching and sampling. The No. 19, 20 and 21 Veins, the Kawinogans Zone, the Central Pat East Zone and the No. 1 Vein Extension were discovered. 2011: PC Gold drilled 32 DDH totalling 9695 m and conducted helicopter-borne AeroTEM and magnetometer surveys in the spring. A fall drilling program included 63 DDH totalling 14,387 m. A resource estimate was released. 2012: PC Gold drilled 28 DDH totalling 4579 m. 2014: PC Gold drilled 21 DDH totalling 4026 m and carried out a soil sampling program. 2015: First Mining Investments purchased the property. 2016: First Mining drilled 9 DDH totalling 1318.2 m. 2017: First Mining drilled 6 DDH totalling 1254 m. 2020: Auteco Minerals optioned the property from First Mining and drilled 19 DDH totalling 4400 m. 2021: Auteco drilled 35 DDH totalling 7990 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.56558 | 20000014404 | 20000014404 |
| 2.55342 | 20000014779 | 20000014779 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Pickle Lake
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 3 | Near | ||
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 4 | Near | ||
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 5 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Ilmenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Scheelite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 18, 2022 (Mark Puumala) - This occurrence is based on a single diamond drill hole assay of 1.6 oz/ton Au over 0.7 m from ddh W46 (McGregor (1989). This occurrence was reported from a previously unknown quartz vein system.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| 3 | Replacement |
| 2 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaft 3 | 2018 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 687000 | 2018 NI 43-101 | 161,800 oz Au | Gold 7.3 g/t |
| Shaft 3 | 2014 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 635000 | PC Gold press release, Sept 15, 2014 | Cut-off grade: 2.8 g/t Au; 158,000 oz Au | Gold 7.7 g/t |
| Shaft 3 | 2011 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 9409000 | 2011 NI 43-101 | 1100000 oz Au | Gold 7.8 g/t |
| No. 3 Shaft | 1993 | Probable | 188900 | McGregor, J.A. 1993. | Reserve estimates for the entire Pickle Crow property are provided in MDI52O09SE00007. |
Book - Report on Phase A of a Feasibility Study of the Pickle Crow/Central Patricia Deposits
Publication Number: Date: 1993
Author: McGregor, J.A.
Publisher Name: unpublished report, mineral deposit files
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Publication - Tungsten deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 17
Publication Number: GSC EGS 17 Date: 1959
Author: Little, H W
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102451
Book - Report on Mineral Reserves at the Pickle Crow Property for Noramco Mining Corporation
Publication Number: Date: 1989
Author: McGregor, J.A.
Publisher Name: unpublished report, mineral deposit files
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Publication - An Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Pickle Crow Property
Publication Number: 2018 NI 43-101 Date: 2018
Author: Hennessey, B.T.
Publisher Name: Micon for First Mining Gold
Location: SEDAR
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