Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002330| Deposit Name(s) | Far Lake Cu - 2017 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2019-Aug-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2019-Aug-27 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: copper
Secondary Commodities: gold, silver
Township or Area: Drift Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 41' 30.05" Longitude: -90° 11' 34.25"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 706576 Northing: 5396985 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B09NE
Point Location Description: GPS point from OGS staff site visit
Location Method: data compilation
2017: White Metal Resources conducted trenching and sampling. 2019: White Metal Resources conducted prospecting and sampling. No assessment reports have been found on file.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| felsic intrusive | 1 | granite | host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| silica | alteration | silicification | 1 | strong | massive |
08/27/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Mineralization is represented by pods of semi-massive chalcopyrite in a highly silicified granite. The North Trench returned up to 1.4% Cu over 2.5 m. Trench 3 returned up to 3.5% Cu over 3.0 m. Trench 2 returned up to 1150 ppm Cu over 2 m. Trench 1 returned up to 3413 ppm Cu over 3.0 m. A new discovery in 2019 extended the mineralized horizon 100 m north for a total strike length of approximately 400 m. A grab sample taken from the occurrence assayed 5.52% Cu, 0.188 g/t Au and 8.5 g/t Ag (White Metal Resources website www.whitemetalres.com/far-lake-cu-ag-option.html, White Metal Resources June 20, 2019 press release).
Date: 2019-Aug-09
Geologist : M A Puumala
Notes: The occurrence was visited by M. Puumala on Aug 9, 2019. Samples were collected.
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