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Record: MDI000000002185

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Jeff's Other BIF - 1999
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2018-Mar-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-05
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Lorna Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 51' 37.07"    Longitude: -86° 14' 44.34"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 555329   Northing: 5412200.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42D16SE

Point Location Description: Map in AFRI 42D16NE2011

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access is by helicopter from Marathon.



Exploration History

1999: Discovered by D. Michano who conducted stripping, trenching, and sampling. 2002: Freewest Resources Canada Inc. optioned the property and conducted prospecting and sampling. 2003: Freewest carried out a mag and IP geophysical survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.20474 42D16NE2003 42D16NE2003
2.24981 42D16NE2011 42D16NE2011
2.24154 42D16NE2009 42D16NE2009

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 15, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Jeff’s Other BIF occurrence occurs within an oxide-faces iron formation. It is located approximately 450 m SW of Jeff’s BIF occurrence and is separate and distinct from the unit hosting Jeff’s BIF. Samples assayed 6180 ppm Zn (AFRI 42D16NE2011).



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