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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Patio Lake Mo North - 1983
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2019-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-06
Created By Therese Pettigrew
Revised By Therese Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: White Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 44' 3.96"    Longitude: -85° 35' 28.45"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 603586   Northing: 5398892    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C12NE

Point Location Description: Point 167 on OGS map M2614

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1983: G. Hawley carried out an airborne geophysical survey, geological mapping, soil and rock sampling. 1984: Windara Minerals Ltd. carried out mag and VLF-EM surveys. 1996: Winslow Gold Corp. carried out geological mapping, prospecting, and sampling. 2002-3: Antoro Resources carried out soil and rock sampling, and mag and EM surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.16755 42C12NE0027 42C12NE0027
2.29626 20000013675 20000013675
42C12NE0024 42C12NE0046 42C12NE0046
42C12NE0040 42C12NE0013 42C12NE0013

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Granitic Pegmatite Host
Amphibolite 2

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MolybdeniteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 13, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Granititc pegmatite within a sheared amphibole, with up to 25% fine to coarse disseminated Mo and 2-3% pyrite. Samples assayed up to 0.88% Mo (Sample 18491) (Muir, 2000; Assessment file 42C12NE0027). Where exposed in a blast pit, the pegmatite-hosted sulphide mineralization is confined to a 2-3 cm wide zone which can be traced along strike for approximately 2 m (Assessment file 42C12NE0027).



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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