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SKINNY LAKE EXPLORATION 2007
The Skinny Lake target area is located at the southern end of Contact Lake, approximately 15 kilometers from the Eldorado uranium mine and 3 kilometers southeast of the Contact Lake silver & uranium mine. The Skinny Lake target area is situated near the Mag Hill target area and is an IOCG plus uranium drill prospect due east of Contact Lake, NT.
The Skinny Lake IOCG target is the site of extensive hydrothermal magnetite-actinolitefeldspar-apatite plus sulphide alteration along the Contact Lake Mineral Belt in the northern part of the Great Bear Magmatic Zone. The host rocks are alkali (sodic or potassic) and or actinoliteepidote altered andesites. The core zone comprises a pervasive alkali feldspar-scapolitemagnetite-actinolite-apatite hydrothermal assemblage.
The alteration signature and zone at Skinny Lake is similar to that of the Port Radium- Eldorado uranium mine area situated on Labine Point, NT. Also the metal assemblage is very similar to the Echo Bay silver mine. The Skinny Lake discovery zone and target area is defined by predominately pyrite mineralization, which is present intermittently throughout the Skinny Lake region and in an extensive gossan at the southeast end of Echo Bay, with visible sulphide
mineralization at the surface. In addition, uranium, cobalt, nickel, copper, silver, lead and zinc enrichments are present locally as veins, veinlets and disseminations that extend outward in the southern and eastern extensions of the Skinny Lake and Mag Hill target areas.
Assay highlights from the 2008 drilling program at Skinny Lake area:
Drill Hole |
From |
To |
Interval |
Cu |
Pb |
Zn |
Au |
Co |
V 2O 5 |
|
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(g/ton) |
(%) |
(%) |
SL-08-03 |
4.50 |
5.50 |
1.00 |
0.139 |
0.004 |
0.010 |
1.6 |
0.031 |
0.038 |
7.00 |
9.00 |
2.00 |
0.041 |
0.006 |
0.011 |
0.4 |
0.007 |
0.028 |
12.00 |
13.00 |
1.00 |
0.110 |
0.002 |
0.023 |
0.5 |
0.020 |
0.015 |
39.00 |
42.00 |
3.00 |
0.046 |
0.012 |
0.034 |
0.8 |
0.019 |
0.025 |
43.00 |
44.00 |
1.00 |
0.018 |
0.018 |
0.114 |
0.4 |
0.012 |
0.008 |
47.00 |
58.00 |
11.00 |
0.025 |
0.019 |
0.201 |
0.7 |
0.008 |
0.016 |
48.80 |
49.50 |
0.70 |
0.047 |
0.036 |
0.443 |
5.8 |
0.048 |
0.033 |
64.00 |
65.50 |
1.50 |
0.012 |
0.033 |
0.281 |
0.6 |
0.005 |
0.036 |
68.50 |
70.00 |
1.50 |
0.015 |
0.013 |
0.144 |
0.4 |
0.004 |
0.036 |
83.50 |
93.00 |
9.50 |
0.052 |
0.080 |
0.799 |
5.6 |
0.021 |
0.012 |
84.00 |
87.00 |
3.00 |
0.023 |
0.044 |
1.590 |
7.3 |
0.016 |
0.006 |
85.50 |
87.00 |
1.50 |
0.023 |
0.052 |
2.040 |
8.2 |
0.018 |
0.006 |
83.50 |
112.50 |
29.00 |
0.065 |
0.054 |
0.364 |
2.919 |
0.025 |
0.013 |
96.00 |
96.50 |
0.50 |
0.345 |
0.052 |
1.240 |
2.8 |
0.023 |
0.005 |
98.00 |
99.50 |
1.50 |
0.042 |
0.085 |
0.161 |
1.2 |
0.014 |
0.011 |
109.50 |
117.00 |
7.50 |
0.030 |
0.020 |
0.094 |
0.9 |
0.016 |
0.040 |
111.00 |
138.00 |
27.00 |
0.007 |
0.005 |
0.034 |
<0.1 |
0.003 |
0.037 |
146.00 |
153.50 |
7.50 |
0.003 |
0.037 |
0.040 |
<0.1 |
0.001 |
0.032 |
161.00 |
170.50 |
9.50 |
0.001 |
0.002 |
0.013 |
<0.1 |
0.001 |
0.039 |
172.50 |
208.00 |
35.50 |
0.003 |
0.003 |
0.031 |
<0.1 |
0.002 |
0.044 |
150.50 |
152.00 |
1.50 |
0.011 |
0.173 |
0.092 |
0.7 |
0.002 |
0.036 |
Drill Hole |
From |
To |
Interval |
Cu |
Pb |
Zn |
Ag |
Co |
V 2O 5 |
|
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(g/ton) |
(%) |
(%) |
SL-08-04 |
24.50 |
25.50 |
1.00 |
0.029 |
0.008 |
0.136 |
1.0 |
0.009 |
0.029 |
28.50 |
30.00 |
1.50 |
0.035 |
0.044 |
0.140 |
0.9 |
0.011 |
0.025 |
33.00 |
34.50 |
1.50 |
0.023 |
0.015 |
0.143 |
0.5 |
0.005 |
0.051 |
41.00 |
43.00 |
2.00 |
0.033 |
0.005 |
0.110 |
1.1 |
0.016 |
0.026 |
67.00 |
68.50 |
1.50 |
0.110 |
0.007 |
0.035 |
3.3 |
0.015 |
0.025 |
70.00 |
79.00 |
9.00 |
0.066 |
0.010 |
0.050 |
0.8 |
0.019 |
0.010 |
73.00 |
74.50 |
1.50 |
0.070 |
0.020 |
0.123 |
0.8 |
0.013 |
0.009 |
79.00 |
160.00 |
81.00 |
0.085 |
0.073 |
0.571 |
24.9 |
0.015 |
0.021 |
100.70 |
102.00 |
1.30 |
0.259 |
0.143 |
1.110 |
66.3 |
0.007 |
0.029 |
112.50 |
119.50 |
7.00 |
0.356 |
0.503 |
4.451 |
22.7 |
0.028 |
0.008 |
114.00 |
115.50 |
1.50 |
0.454 |
0.875 |
6.850 |
15.0 |
0.035 |
0.006 |
115.50 |
117.00 |
1.50 |
0.511 |
0.685 |
6.360 |
25.1 |
0.023 |
0.009 |
115.50 |
119.50 |
4.00 |
0.414 |
0.437 |
4.024 |
31.5 |
0.025 |
0.008 |
160.00 |
175.00 |
15.00 |
0.045 |
0.006 |
0.014 |
0.7 |
0.017 |
0.016 |
166.00 |
175.00 |
9.00 |
0.045 |
0.005 |
0.008 |
0.7 |
0.016 |
0.016 |
175.00 |
178.00 |
3.00 |
0.017 |
0.044 |
0.190 |
0.6 |
0.006 |
0.016 |
179.50 |
185.50 |
6.00 |
0.024 |
0.002 |
0.005 |
0.5 |
0.011 |
0.019 |
190.00 |
194.50 |
4.50 |
0.054 |
0.001 |
0.004 |
0.7 |
0.016 |
0.013 |
Drill Hole |
From |
To |
Interval |
Cu |
Pb |
Zn |
Ag |
Ni |
V 2O 5 |
|
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(g/ton) |
(%) |
(%) |
SL-08-05 |
14.50 |
18.50 |
4.00 |
0.033 |
0.015 |
0.319 |
0.94 |
0.002 |
0.025 |
33.00 |
34.00 |
1.00 |
0.058 |
0.017 |
0.183 |
1.20 |
0.003 |
0.030 |
40.00 |
97.50 |
57.50 |
0.045 |
0.065 |
0.283 |
1.86 |
0.002 |
0.020 |
68.50 |
70.00 |
1.50 |
0.018 |
0.063 |
1.120 |
7.30 |
0.003 |
0.024 |
79.00 |
80.50 |
1.50 |
0.092 |
0.420 |
1.820 |
6.20 |
0.002 |
0.013 |
83.50 |
85.00 |
1.50 |
0.109 |
0.316 |
1.300 |
6.10 |
0.002 |
0.018 |
105.00 |
145.50 |
40.50 |
0.038 |
0.051 |
0.237 |
3.33 |
0.004 |
0.017 |
149.00 |
165.00 |
16.00 |
0.031 |
0.006 |
0.047 |
0.42 |
0.032 |
0.031 |
162.50 |
165.00 |
2.50 |
0.022 |
0.019 |
0.179 |
0.56 |
0.012 |
0.048 |
Drill Hole |
From |
To |
Interval |
Cu |
Pb |
Zn |
Ag |
Co |
V 2O 5 |
|
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(g/ton) |
(%) |
(%) |
SL-08-06 |
10.00 |
88.90 |
78.90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.031 |
30.00 |
35.30 |
5.30 |
0.085 |
0.012 |
0.152 |
1.79 |
0.012 |
0.035 |
47.85 |
49.35 |
1.50 |
0.013 |
0.038 |
0.241 |
1.60 |
0.018 |
0.030 |
55.50 |
57.00 |
1.50 |
0.007 |
0.004 |
0.155 |
0.50 |
0.005 |
0.037 |
60.50 |
61.50 |
1.00 |
0.215 |
0.026 |
0.092 |
4.60 |
0.025 |
0.036 |
69.25 |
70.87 |
1.62 |
0.021 |
0.017 |
0.148 |
0.70 |
0.003 |
0.024 |
72.30 |
87.10 |
14.80 |
0.098 |
0.341 |
0.465 |
8.00 |
0.011 |
0.033 |
78.30 |
81.30 |
3.00 |
0.031 |
0.536 |
1.250 |
10.25 |
0.016 |
0.037 |
82.60 |
84.10 |
1.50 |
0.016 |
1.690 |
0.971 |
8.40 |
0.010 |
0.022 |
75.30 |
76.80 |
1.50 |
0.037 |
0.090 |
0.048 |
1.50 |
0.005 |
0.036 |
84.10 |
85.60 |
1.50 |
0.310 |
0.125 |
0.021 |
4.10 |
0.011 |
0.048 |
90.00 |
181.00 |
91.00 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.028 |
105.00 |
108.00 |
3.00 |
0.017 |
0.158 |
0.272 |
3.20 |
0.007 |
0.026 |
129.00 |
143.00 |
14.00 |
0.058 |
0.016 |
0.292 |
1.64 |
0.012 |
0.024 |
167.60 |
168.60 |
1.00 |
0.196 |
0.003 |
0.011 |
5.20 |
0.043 |
0.012 |
171.50 |
214.00 |
42.50 |
0.043 |
0.016 |
0.093 |
0.61 |
0.013 |
0.018 |
185.50 |
193.00 |
7.50 |
0.023 |
0.030 |
0.079 |
0.54 |
0.009 |
0.016 |
200.50 |
205.00 |
4.50 |
0.047 |
0.015 |
0.187 |
0.57 |
0.015 |
0.019 |
209.80 |
214.00 |
4.20 |
0.099 |
0.011 |
0.149 |
1.88 |
0.012 |
0.019 |
Drill Hole |
From |
To |
Interval |
Cu |
Pb |
Zn |
Ag |
|
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(g/ton) |
SL-08-07 |
3.00 |
7.50 |
4.50 |
0.177 |
0.003 |
0.048 |
0.50 |
16.50 |
22.50 |
6.00 |
0.416 |
0.001 |
0.024 |
0.68 |
34.50 |
39.00 |
4.50 |
0.137 |
0.001 |
0.015 |
0.50 |
43.50 |
46.50 |
3.00 |
0.374 |
0.002 |
0.052 |
0.65 |
69.00 |
70.50 |
1.50 |
0.049 |
0.001 |
0.005 |
0.10 |
110.00 |
112.00 |
2.00 |
0.102 |
0.001 |
0.006 |
0.20 |
Highlights from significant mineralized down hole intervals from one new hole include:
SL-07-01 intersected: 22.50 meters of 2.24% zinc, 0.23% lead and 18.35 g/ton silver and 0.025% cobalt.
• Including 7.40 meters of 5.64% zinc, 0.45% lead, 0.20% copper, 45.93
g/ton silver and 0.042% cobalt as well as 1.1 meters of 0 10.82% zinc,
0.29% lead, 0.22% copper and 38.52 g/ton silver.
• Also including 2.3 meters of 4.48% zinc, 0.47% lead and 75.01 g/ton silver
and 0.053% cobalt.
Drill Hole |
|
|
|
Copper |
Lead |
Zinc |
Cobalt |
Silver |
From |
To |
Interval |
Cu |
Pb |
Zn |
Co |
Ag |
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(g/ton) |
SL-07-01 |
178.50 |
201.00 |
22.5 |
0.10 |
0.23 |
2.24 |
0.025 |
18.35 |
186.0 |
193.40 |
7.40 |
0.20 |
0.45 |
5.64 |
0.042 |
45.93 |
189.0 |
190.10 |
1.10 |
0.22 |
0.29 |
10.82 |
0.028 |
38.00 |
191.10 |
193.40 |
2.30 |
0.05 |
0.47 |
4.48 |
0.053 |
75.01 |
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