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Record: MDI000000001883

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Botham Lake - 1982
Related Record Type
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2016-Jan-13
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-06
Created By Therese Pettigrew
Revised By Therese Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Antimony



Location

Township or Area: Bomby

Latitude: 48° 41' 39.68"    Longitude: -85° 57' 59.44"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 576053   Northing: 5393995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C12NW

Point Location Description: M2614

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1982-83: Noranda drilled 17 DDH totaling 4328 m. 1983: Golden Scepter Resources Ltd. drilled 10 DDH totaling 2789 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.4980 42C12NW0154 42C12NW0154
20 42C12NW0136 42C12NW0136
18 42C12NW0149 42C12NW0149

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Porphyry-unsubdivided 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 13, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - Well foliated quartz –feldspar porphyry (M2614).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1StibniteEconomicOre
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1WeakDisseminated
BiotiteAlterationBiotitic2UnknownDisseminated
HematiteAlterationHematization3UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Jan 13, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - Up to 3% disseminated stibnite. No assays (M2614).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological Compilation of the Eastern Half of the Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2614 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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