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Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002194| Deposit Name(s) | Moosehorn Lake - 1999 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2018-Mar-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2018-Mar-15 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: zinc, cobalt
Secondary Commodities: silver, copper
Township or Area: Seeley Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 51' 52.24" Longitude: -86° 15' 22.79"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 554541 Northing: 5412661 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D16SW
Point Location Description: Sample 287877 on map in AFRI 42D16NE2003
Location Method: based on assessment
Access Description: Access is by helicopter from Marathon.
1999: Prospectors J.E. Bond, D.M. Michano, P.A. Moses, R.P. Renner, and K.G. Fenwick discovered the showing when they were doing prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.20474 | 42D16NE2003 | Open |
| 2.24981 | 42D16NE2011 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Belt: Schreiber-hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iron formation | 1 | host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore |
03/15/2018 (T Pettigrew) - A banded iron formation on the west shore of Moosehorn Lake (sample 287877) gave 5.78% Zn, 12.4 ppm Ag, 111 ppm Cd, 528 ppm Co, 950 ppm Cu, 248 ppm Pb, and 80 ppb Au (AFRI 42D16NE2003).
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