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| Record Name(s) | Ymir - 1985, KCR Zone - 2010, Szetu-Bayne Gold Occurrence - 1980, J.C. Baker - 1962, Keezhik Creek - 1937, Boylen Occurrence - 9999, Trench Zone - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jul-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Nesting Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 38' 39.34" Longitude: -88° 34' 35.13"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 390925 Northing: 5722650 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52P10NE
Point Location Description: Drillhole locations from Assessment report 20000008638
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Located between Miminiska Lake and Keezhik Lake on Keezhik Creek. The Szetu-bayne occ. is located 40 km west-northwest of fort hope first nation and 109 km east-northeast of Pickle Lake. A widening in Keezhik Creek south of the occ. is large enough for float aircraft to land. otherwise, a helicopter would be the best method of access.
1937: showing was discovered and trenching carried out. 1959: AM, and AEM - Boyle Engineering. 1959-60: Ground MAG - Boyle Engineering. 1962: Sample collected from trench - J.C. Baker. 1973: Prospecting. 1974: Detailed prospecting, sample of trench, geologically mapping and reconnaissance sampling - A.J. Bayne and Company. 1976: Ground MAG. – Ymir Mining and Exploration Ltd. 1980: New Jersey Zinc carried out sampling. 1982-84: S.S. Szetu and A.S. Bayne conducted ground mag and EM and soil sampling. 1984-1985: Anaconda Canada Exploration Ltd. cut 2 grids, geological, lithogeochemical, MAG and VLF-EM surveys, and drilled 2 DDH totalling 88.4 m. 1985: VLF-EM, MAG and HLEM - Darius Gold Mine Inc. 1986: Airborne geophysical survey, MAG, VLF-EM and Radar positioning system. - Aerodat Ltd. for Gold Fields Canadian Mining Ltd. 1986-88: Darius Gold Mine Inc. drilled 3 ddh totalling 824.4 m. 2004: An exploration program consisting of diamond drilling and assaying was carried out by Slam Resources on claims covering this occurrence. 2008: Slam Exploration drilled 1 DDH totalling 67.1 m. 2010: Slam drilled 2 DDH totalling 317.03 m. 2011: Slam Exploration carried out MMI and enzyme leach samples as well as water samples.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 52P10NE0025 | 52P10NE0025 |
| 16 | 52P10NE0021 | 52P10NE0021 |
| 2.39160 | 20000003484 | 20000003484 |
| 2.53422 | 20000008638 | 20000008638 |
| 2.50254 | 20000007011 | 20000007011 |
| 2.9217 | 52P10NE0017 | 52P10NE0017 |
| 2.8399 | 52P10NE0022 | 52P10NE0022 |
| 2.46290 | 20000005640 | 20000005640 |
| 2.7385 | 52P10NE0023 | 52P10NE0023 |
| 2.2084 | 52P10NE0030 | 52P10NE0030 |
| 2.5204 | 52P10NE0024 | 52P10NE0024 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Oct 11, 2006 (Mark Puumala) - The geology of the Miminiska Peninsula area was mapped by Wallace (1981), who identified three major supracrustal rock sequences. These include two mafic metavolcanic-dominated sequences and one metasedimentary rock-dominated sequence. The oldest of these units is interpreted to be a thick, predominantly mafic metavolcanic sequence that is found in the southern portion of the Miminiska Peninsula and the area immediately south of Miminiska Lake. These mafic metavolcanic rocks have in turn been interpreted to be overlain by a metasedimentary rock sequence that is dominated by wacke and mudstone, but also contains significant thicknesses of banded iron formation. The metasedimentary sequence is overlain to the north by a second mafic-metavolcanic rock-dominated sequence. A significant unit of felsic to intermediate pyroclastic rocks has also been mapped in the western portion of this area (southeast of Howells Lake). This unit is located immediately south of the metasedimentary sequence west of Miminiska Lake, but is enclosed within the metasedimentary rocks further to the east. This area is bounded to the northwest by felsic intrusive rocks of the Troutfly Lake Batholith. Stratigraphic units in the vicinity of Howells Lake generally strike approximately northeast, with steep, near-vertical dip. Further to the northeast, towards Keezhik Creek, stratigraphy strikes in a more easterly orientation. Wallace (1981) indicates that foliation is generally oriented sub-parallel to the primary sedimentary bedding and igneous flow contact features. Foliation and shearing are noted by Clark (2005) to be most prominent in tuffaceous mafic metavolcanic layers. Wallace (1981b) mapped a number of northeast-trending faults and lineaments in this area. More recent maps (e.g., McKay 2004) illustrate a northeast-striking fault that parallels the metavolcanic/metasedimentary rock contact in the vicinity of Howells Lake. This structure appears to be related to many of the gold and antimony/gold occurrences in this area.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Pillow, Fragmental, Breccia | Near |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Iron Formation | Near | |
| Felsic Tuff | 3 | Lapilli, Quartz Eye, Ash Tuffs | Near | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Near | ||
| Sandstone | 5 | Lithwacke | Near | |
| Sandstone | 6 | Argillites | Near | |
| Vein | 7 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 11, 2006 (Mark Puumala) - This gold occurrence is reported by Wallace (1981) to be hosted within metasedimentary rocks consisting of coarse-grained lithic arenite and/or wacke. Gold is reported to occur in sheared and Silicified metasedimentary rocks containing quartz and carbonate stringers. Mineralization includes disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite an visible gold. The mineralized zone occurs in an approximately 3 m wide shear zone that is oriented approximately 050. Mann (1984) reported that rocks mapped in the vicinity of the mineralized zone are dominated by rusty-weathering pyritized argillites. The most favourable gold assays reported from this showing are documented by Mason and White (1995) and include 18.1 g/t Au in a 3.8 m chip sample, and 4.32 g/t Au over 2 m in Anaconda Canada DDH #1.
Mar 31, 2021 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 11sb317-2 returned 3.73 g/t Au from a lithic arenite in a shear zone with fine-grained disseminated 2% pyrite (MRD293). DDH MK0819 returned 5.97 g/t Au over 2 m. In 1974, sampling yielded 0.479 ounces/ton gold over 11 feet (16.42 g/t Au over 3.35 m). A channel sample taken by New Jersey Zinc in 1980 returned 0.374 opt Au over 13.5 feet (12.82 g/t Au over 4.1 m) (Assessment report 20000003484). DDh MM10-01 returned 9.47 g/t Au over 7.2 m including 64.1 g/t Au over 1 m. DDH MM10-02 returned 1.75 g/t Au over 3 m including 19.7 g/t Au over 1.5 m (Assessment report 20000008638).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
Map - Fort Hope area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: ARM38B-01 Scale: 1:190,080 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Miminiska Lake area, districts of Kenora (Patricia Portion) and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R214 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Wallace H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Fort Hope gold area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: ARV38-02.001 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Burwash E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Keezhik-Miminiska lakes area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: ARM48E Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Operation Fort Hope
Publication Number: MP042 Scale: Date: 1970
Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Geology of the Keezhik-Miminiska lakes area
Publication Number: ARV48-06 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Operation Fort Hope, Lansdowne House-Fort Hope sheet, districts of Kenora (Patricia Portion) and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0562 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences and Prospects in the Fort Hope-Winisk Area
Publication Number: OFR5926 Scale: Date: 1995
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Data - Geochemical and Geological Data from the Keezhik Lake and Miminiska Lake Area, Fort Hope Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: MRD293 Scale: Date: 2012
Author: Buse S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Fort Hope-Lansdowne House sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2237 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1972
Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W., Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Miminiska Peninsula, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2416 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1979
Author: Wallace H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Miminiska Lake Area, Fort Hope Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3764 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2012
Author: Buse S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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