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Record: MDI000000000740

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) OGS Sample (07JF353) - 2007
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2010-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2024-Jun-03
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Lead



Location

Township or Area: Hewitt Lake Area

Latitude: 52° 28' 17.94"    Longitude: -92° 51' 59.41"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 509068   Northing: 5813507    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 53C07NW

Point Location Description: Sample from OGS mapping program. MRD238 contains assay data.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

Sample from OGS 2007 mapping program of North Spirit Lake and Hewitt Lake areas. Map P3604 and assay data is in MRD238.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Belt: North Spirit Lake

Geological Age: Archean   Geochronological Age: 2714-2774 Ma   Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR6226 pg. 42-3

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Siltstone 1 Quartz, Feldspar, Biotite Subrounded Subangular Grains In Schistose Texture

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SphaleriteEconomicOre
2GalenaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Data - Geological, Geochemical and Geochronological Data from the North Spirit Lake Area, North Spirit Lake Greenstone Belt, North Caribou Terrane, Northwestern Ontario

Publication Number: MRD238 Date: 2009

Author: Préfontaine S., Buse S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Hewitt Lake Area, North Spirit Lake Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario

Publication Number: P3604 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2008

Author: Buse S., Moss T., Smar L., Henderson A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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