Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002335Deposit Name(s) | Sheridan Au - 1971 |
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Deposit Status | occurrence |
Date Created | 2019-Sep-12 |
Date Last Modified | 2019-Sep-12 |
Created By | T Pettigrew |
Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
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
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.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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2.28001 | 53J08NW2001 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Belt: Wunnummin Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
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felsic metavolcanics | 1 | tuff breccia | ||
vein | 2 | quartz | host |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
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1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
2 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
3 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore |
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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