Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002301

Deposit: MDI000000002301

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Hodgson - 2015, O'sullivan Lake - 2015
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2019-Jul-25
Date Last Modified 2019-Jul-25
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: gold

Location

Township or Area: Maun Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 26' 47.31"    Longitude: -86° 58' 59.26"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 501198   Northing: 5588274    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42L07NW

Point Location Description: Sample 22 in Assessment file 20000014203

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

2015: R. Hodgson carried out prospecting and sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.56556     20000014203     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
mafic metavolcanics 1 host

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

Mineralization Comments

07/25/2019 (T Pettigrew) - A gold occurrence was located in mafic flows associated with thin quartz veining in thin shearing. The sample consisted of massive pyrrhotite and returned a value of 3.95 g/ t Au (Assessment file 20000014203).

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