Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52O11SW00002
| Record Name(s) | Boyes Lake - 1979, McVicar Lake A - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Sep-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: McVicar Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 37' 5.1" Longitude: -91° 29' 45.46"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 604126.678 Northing: 5719633.307 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O11SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1960: Diamond drilling by Castlebar Silver & Cobalt Mines in the area between Lang Lake and Saddle Lake. 1968-1972: Bochawna Copper Mines Ltd. and the Hanna Mining Company conducted an extensive exploration program in the area north of Lang Lake, including a diamond drilling program that outlined a copper deposit. 1969-1971: The Algoma Steel Corporation Ltd. conducted extensive diamond drilling and geophysics in northwest of Lang Lake for iron ore. 1969-1970: Card Lake Copper Mines Limited conducted grid mapping geophysics and diamond drilling for gold and base metals in the Saddle Lake, Boyes Lake, Card-Cannon Lakes, and Heinz Lake areas. 1970: Mextor Mineral Ltd. and Kennco Exploration Limited conducted geophysics and diamond drilling for base metals in the Saddle Lake area. 1984-1986: Duration Mines conducted geophysics, grid mapping and diamond drilling on the southern arm of the Lang Lake greenstone belt for base metals mineralization. 1985-1986: Geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys in the western Lang Lake area by Utah Mines. 1991-1992: Noranda Exploration Company Limited conducted grid mapping, geophysics and diamond drilling for base metals in the Lang Lake and Saddle Lake areas. 2003-2007: East-West Resource Corporation conducted geological and geophysical surveys and diamond drilling of the Lang Lake copper deposit.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 52O11SW0010D1 | 52O11SW0040 | 52O11SW0040 |
| 52O11SW0031 | 52O11SW0049 | 52O11SW0049 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Lang Lake
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
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| 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Hematite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 02, 2007 (Mark Puumala) - This is a discretionary occurrence based on the reported intersection of approximately 21 m of banded iron formation in Card Lake Copper Mines diamond drill hole BL-1 (AFRI# 52O11SW0040).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Book - AF SL 1973 52O11SW-0037
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Book - AF SL 1986 52O11SW-0054
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Book - AFRO 1970, #63.2822
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