Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002297

Deposit: MDI000000002297

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) North Shore Zone - 1984
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2019-Jun-13
Date Last Modified 2019-Jun-13
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: gold

Location

Township or Area: Rope Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 0' 15.45"    Longitude: -87° 16' 52.72"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 479426   Northing: 5427971    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42E03SW

Point Location Description: Position of mineralization in DDH BD-30 on map in Assessment report 42E03SW0060

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

1984-87: Corporation Falconbridge Copper carried out mapping and diamond drilling, including 10 DDH in the area of the North Shore Zone. 1993: Metall Mining Corp. conducted diamond drilling. 1997: Battle Mountain Canada Ltd. conducted IP surveys.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
24     42E03SW0060     Open
2.7632     42E03SE8252     Open
2.17593     42E03SW0012     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Belt: Schreiber-hemlo

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
felsic intrusive 1 quartz-feldspar porphyry host
vein 2 quartz-carbonate host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

06/13/2019 (T Pettigrew) - DDH BD-30 assayed 6.5 g/t Au over 0.35 m. Based on the map in the assessment report, the mineralization appears to be in a quartz-carbonate vein near the Island Fault. DDH BD-32 returned 2.79 g/t Au over 0.9 m. DDH BD-25 returned 9.3 g/t Au over 0.85 m. DDH BD-12 returned 7.69 g/t Au over 1.5 m (Assessment report 42E03SW0060).

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For detailed information regarding this mineral deposit please contact the Thunder Bay South Resident Geologist District Office