Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002320

Deposit: MDI000000002320

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) North Caribou River Ag - 1987, Moss Resources Ag - 1987, Ag-87-6 - 1987
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2019-Aug-16
Date Last Modified 2019-Aug-16
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: silver

Location

Township or Area: Keeyask Lake Area

Latitude: 52° 52' 50.39"    Longitude: -91° 10' 3.42"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 623305   Northing: 5860568    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 53B14NE

Point Location Description: DDH AG-87-6 from Assessment report 53B14NE0039

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

1985: Moss Resources conducted prospecting, mapping, and VLF-EM and magnetic surveys. 1986-87: Moss Resources drilled 14 DDH totaling 1146.4 m, including one DDH totaling 75.9 m on this discovery.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
53B14NE0013     53B14NE0039     Open
53B14SE0020     53B14NE0028     Open
2.8098     53B14NE9438     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Belt: North Caribou

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
vein 1 quartz-carbonate host
intermediate 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
2 chalcopyrite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

08/16/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Hole AG-87-6 intersected a 3.0 foot interval from 232-235’ that yielded 50.01 ounces per ton silver associated with quartz-carbonate stringers with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite (Assessment report 53B14NE0039).

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