Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Karl Zeemel Zone 8 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1995-May-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Karl Lake Area
Latitude: 52° 33' 41" Longitude: -90° 14' 42.56"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 686728 Northing: 5827046 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 53B09SE
Point Location Description: Location of DDH KZ-87-15 from Assessment report 53B09SW0002
Location Method: Data Compilation
1981: Canadian Nickel Company Ltd. conducted mapping and sampling. 1985-1988: Geological and geophysical surveys and diamond drilling by Power Explorations Inc., including 1 DDH totalling 87.5 m. 1996-97: Placer Dome conducted a ground magnetometer survey and drilled 5 DDH totalling 1033.75 m in the area.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.11892 | 53B09SW0002 | 53B09SW0002 |
| 2.5417 | 53B09SW9413 | 53B09SW9413 |
| 2.17312 | 53B09SE0012 | 53B09SE0012 |
| 53B09SW0037 | 53B09SW0011 | 53B09SW0011 |
| 2.17166 | 53B09SE0010 | 53B09SE0010 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Terrane: North Caribou
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Garnetiferous Wacke | Contains |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
| 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 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonization | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Graphite | Alteration | Graphitic | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Mar 18, 2008 (Mark Puumala) - The Karl-Zeemel Zone 8 showing is located at the boundary between rocks of the predominantly mafic to ultramafic metavolcanic Opapimiskan unit of the McGruer assemblage, and the metasedimentary Zeemel-Heaton assemblage (based on nomenclature of Thurston, Osmani and Stone (1991)). The metasedimentary sequence is located to the south of this occurrence, while the mafic to ultramafic metavolcanic-dominated sequence is located to the north. The metavolcanic assemblage is approximately 650 m wide and is also bounded to the north by metasedimentary rocks of the Zeemel-Heaton assemblage. Mapping by Huston (1988) indicates that bedding and foliation in the area of this showing are generally subparallel, striking approximately 300 with near-vertical dip. Huston (1988) also reports the presence of folds with axes that consistently plunge 18 to 20 degrees to the northwest. Shearing is also reported to be common in the metavolcanics and banded iron formation/chert units, with shearing planes generally subparallel to the regional foliation and fold axes. This occurrence is based on the results of Power Explorations diamond drill hole KZ-87-15, which was reported by Huston (1988) to have intersected 1.16 m of garnetiferous wacke that contained trace to 1% pyrrhotite and assayed 0.041 oz/ton. The surface expression of this zone was described as a group of gossanous shear zones in clastic metasedimentary rocks. These shears are mineralized with 1% pyrite and trace arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite and grab samples of this material assayed up to 280 ppb Au (Huston 1988).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
Article - Northwestern Superior province: review and terrane analysis
Publication Number: SV04-01.005 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Osmani I.A., Stone D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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