Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002320Deposit Name(s) | North Caribou River Ag - 1987, Moss Resources Ag - 1987, Ag-87-6 - 1987 |
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Deposit Status | occurrence |
Date Created | 2019-Aug-16 |
Date Last Modified | 2019-Aug-16 |
Created By | T Pettigrew |
Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: silver
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
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.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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53B14NE0013 | 53B14NE0039 | Open |
53B14SE0020 | 53B14NE0028 | Open |
2.8098 | 53B14NE9438 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Belt: North Caribou
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
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vein | 1 | quartz-carbonate | host | |
intermediate metavolcanics | 1 | host |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
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1 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
2 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore |
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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