Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002335

Deposit: MDI000000002335

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Sheridan Au - 1971
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2019-Sep-12
Date Last Modified 2019-Sep-12
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: gold

Location

Township or Area: Peeagwon Creek Area

Latitude: 52° 37' 0.84"    Longitude: -88° 46' 39.65"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 379651   Northing: 5831139    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 53A10SW

Point Location Description: DDH 49280 on map in Assessment file 53J08NW2001

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

1970s: Inco conducted mag and ground EM surveys and drilled 5 DDH on the property. 2001-02: Aurora Platinum Corp. carried out helicopter-borne magnetic and EM surveys, prospecting, mapping, and sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.28001     53J08NW2001     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Belt: Wunnummin Lake

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
felsic metavolcanics 1 tuff breccia
vein 2 quartz 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
2 pyrrhotite economic ore
3 chalcopyrite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

09/12/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Inco DDH 49280 is described as containing felsic tuff breccia, with massive sulphides in chert. Mineralization included pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite. A quartz vein at the bottom of the hole returned 4.46 g/t Au (Assessment report 53J08NW2001).

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