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Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002089| Deposit Name(s) | Oval Lake Ol-09-03 - 2009 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2017-Jun-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2017-Jun-07 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Bma 532 863
Latitude: 53° 11' 17.44" Longitude: -86° 36' 27.87"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 526210 Northing: 5893276 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 43E02NE
Point Location Description: DDH OL-09-03 collar from AFRI 20000004790
Location Method: based on assessment
Access Description: The property is approximately 55 km NW of the McFaulds Lake VMS discovery area and 280 km west of Attiwapiskat. Access is by air.
2009: Noront Resources drilled 4 DDH totaling 1148.6 m. 2011: Noront conducted magnetic and VLF-EM airborne geophysical surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.45323 | 20000004790 | Open |
| 2.48508 | 20000006751 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| schist | 1 | feldspar-quartz-biotite-muscovite schist | host | |
| felsic intrusive | 2 | adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
| 3 | magnetite | economic | ore |
06/07/2017 (T Pettigrew) - Zones of pyrrhotite-pyrite were sampled and taken for assay, for Cu-Ni-Au-Ag-Pb-Zn. A total of 150 samples were taken. The assay samples from OL-09-03 contained no significant intersections of any mineral. The entire hole (not a continuous section) averaged 0.01% Cu, 0.01% Ni, 0.01 g/t Au, 0.43 g/t Ag, 0% Pb, and 0.01% Zn over 186.7 m total. The only highlight was a 0.7 m interval from 170.73-170.43 m that contained 0.51 g/t Au and 3.0 g/t Ag (AFRI 20000004790).
Map - Precambrian Geology of the McFaulds Lake Area, Ring of Fire Region, Ontario Central Sheet
Publication Number: P3805 Scale: 1:100 000 Date: 2017
Author: Metsaranta, R.T, and Houlé, M.G.
Publisher Name: OGS
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