Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002289

Deposit: MDI000000002289

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Oak Lake - 1956
Deposit Status discretionary occurrence
Date Created 2019-Apr-30
Date Last Modified 2019-Apr-30
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: copper, uranium

Location

Township or Area: Burden Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 26' 24.18"    Longitude: -93° 36' 23.3"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 456934   Northing: 5587735    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52K05NE

Point Location Description: Map in Assessment file 52K05NE0002

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

1956: K. Koezur, F. Koezur, and M. Mahoney carried out prospecting, mapping, trenching, and drilled 6 DDH totaling 135 m.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
10     52K05NE0002     Open

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
pegmatite 1 host
felsic intrusive 2 granite adjacent

Mineralization

Deposit Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Habit Description
1 pyrrhotite economic ore
2 pyrite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

04/30/2019 (T Pettigrew) - DDH 1 and 8 contained massive pyrrhotite and pyrite in a pegmatite. Other drillholes contained fine sulphides. The outcrops on the east and west sides of the southern portion of Oak Lake were radioactive. No assays or radioactivity counts were reported (Assessment file 52K05NE0002).

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For detailed information regarding this mineral deposit please contact the Red Lake Resident Geologist District Office