Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002089

Deposit: MDI000000002089

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
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

Commodities

Primary Commodities: gold

Location

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.

Exploration and Mining History

2009: Noront Resources drilled 4 DDH totaling 1148.6 m. 2011: Noront conducted magnetic and VLF-EM airborne geophysical surveys.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.45323     20000004790     Open
2.48508     20000006751     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
schist 1 feldspar-quartz-biotite-muscovite schist host
felsic intrusive 2 adjacent

Mineralization

Deposit Mineralization and Alteration
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

Mineralization Comments

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).

References

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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For detailed information regarding this mineral deposit please contact the Thunder Bay North Resident Geologist District Office