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Record: MDI000000002280

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Turner - 1991, Pinegrove Lake - 1991, Gossan 22 - 1991
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2019-Mar-27
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-06
Created By Therese Pettigrew
Revised By Therese Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Gold, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Wabikoba Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 51' 21.12"    Longitude: -85° 51' 41.75"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 583505   Northing: 5412058    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C13SW

Point Location Description: Point 218 on OGS map M2614

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1992: Noranda carried out sampling. 1991-95: A.C. Turner carried out prospecting, sampling, drilled 2 DDH totaling 24.6 m. 1997: A.C. Turner drilled 1 DDH totaling 3.65 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.15726 42C13SW0040 42C13SW0040
W9540-00295 42C13SW0084 42C13SW0084
2.17639 42C13SW0178 42C13SW0178
2.14868 42C13NW8755 42C13NW8755

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Garnetiferous Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2
Feldspar Porphyry 3 Feldspar Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 27, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Muir (2000) reports that the showing returned 0.118 to 0.75% Zn from a garnetiferous amphibolite. At Turner South (location NAD83 UTM Zone 16 583307 m E, 5411682 m N), samples returned up to 0.43% Zn, 32.99 ppm Ag, and 1.12 ppm Au. DDH T3/93, located 750 m to the south at NAD83 UTM Zone 16 583317 m E, 5410937 m N, contained up to 10% pyrite stringers and assayed up to 0.29% Zn and 0.12% Cu over 1.22 m in a rusty mafic metavolcanic. Prospecting samples collected in 1991 returned assays up to 0.24 oz/t (8.23 g/t Au), and 0.41 and 0.69% Zn (Assessment report 42C13SW0040).



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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