Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | DDH Wf-1 - 1963 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2008-Mar-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Forester Lake Area
Latitude: 52° 27' 54.3" Longitude: -90° 7' 10.25"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 695670 Northing: 5816669.994 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 53B08NE
Point Location Description: ddh database
Location Method: Data Compilation
1961-65: Geological and geophysical surveys and diamond drilling by Rio Tinto Canada Exploration Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 53B08NE0010C1 | 53B08NE0015 | 53B08NE0015 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Berens River
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: North Caribou Core
Belt: North Caribou
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Agglomerate | 1 | Agglomerate | Contains |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Graphite | Alteration | Graphitic | 1 |
Mar 13, 2008 (Mark Puumala) - This occurrence is based on an anomalous gold assay of 0.02 oz/ton over 4 m in Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration diamond drill hole WF-1 (AFRI# 53B08NE0015). Sage and Breaks (1982) reported that this drill hole was advanced to test a major electromagnetic conductor that was determined to consist of massive pyrrhotite and graphite in agglomerate.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Massive |
MonoMap - Geology of the Cat Lake-Pickle Lake area, districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R207 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Breaks F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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