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| Record Name(s) | Eldor Kippey Project - 1984 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2004-Jun-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-13 |
| Created By | C Storey |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Kippen Lake Area
Latitude: 53° 20' 2.86" Longitude: -91° 47' 17.76"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 580689.02 Northing: 5910124.96 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 53G05SW
Point Location Description: DDH KP 5 collar location
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 150 airmile NW of Pickle Lake or 180 mile NNE of Red Lake. Reserve of Muskrat Dam is approx 15 miles down river from the property. Access by float plane.
1981-82: Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. conducted ground magnetic and VLF-EM geophysical surveys. 1983: Canadian Occidental carried out mapping, trenching and sampling. 1984: Canadian Occidental drilled 3 DDH totalling 426.4 m. 1985: Eldor Resources Ltd. drilled 1 DDH totalling 175.3 m. 1988: Eldor Resources drilled 5 DDH totalling 585.8 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1220 | 52J02SE8709 | 52J02SE8709 |
| 53G05SW0004 | 20000004823 | 20000004823 |
| 27 | 53G05SW0002 | 53G05SW0002 |
| 26 | 53G05SW0008 | 53G05SW0008 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Terrane: North Caribou
Belt: Muskrat Dam Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Dacite | ||
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | |||
| Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Feldspar, Biotite | ||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 31, 2014 (Syed Ali) - 1969-1974: Canadian Oxex - up to 0.39% Ni, 0.10% Cu from core sample.1980: Gulf Minerals - 630 ppm Cu, 420 ppm Zn over 1.5 m and 960 ppm Cu, 86 ppm Zn over 0.3 m. 1984: Eldor- drilled 1.465 oz/t Au over 0.4 m., 0.186 oz/t Au 2.4 m., 0.125 oz/t Au over 2.4 m., 0.425 oz/t Au over 1.3 m. 1985: Eldor drilled - 0.120 oz/t Au over 0.3 m, 0.128 oz/t Au over 3.0 m., 0.480 oz/t Au over 0.3 m. 1984: Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd., - Drill results 2020 ppb Au over 7.2 ft., 1225 ppb over 5 ft.,1050 ppb over 5.5 ft., 1100 ppb over 7.8 ft.,
Jan 31, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Grab samples collected in 1983 returned assays of up to 4.06 oz/t Au and a 1 m chip sample assayed 9.72 g/t Au. DDH KP-1-84 returned 2.02 g/t Au over 2.2 m. DDH KP-2-84 returned 1.1 ppm Au over 2.4 m from an andesite. DDH KP-3-84 returned 1.225 ppm Au over 1.5 m from a mafic tuff with a network of quartz-carbonate stringers and pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite mineralization (Assessment report 20000004823).
Map - Sandhill Crane Island sheet, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2163 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1969
Author: Ayres L.D., Hudec P.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
MonoMap - Geology of the Muskrat Dam Lake area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R074 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Ayres L.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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