Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002336| Deposit Name(s) | Aurora Copper - 2001 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | discretionary occurrence |
| Date Created | 2019-Sep-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2019-Sep-12 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: copper, gold
Township or Area: Sheridan Lake Area
Latitude: 52° 36' 32.15" Longitude: -88° 40' 23.32"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 386707 Northing: 5830083 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 53A10SE
Point Location Description: Sample 174620 from Assessment report 53J08NW2001
Location Method: data compilation
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2.28001 | 53J08NW2001 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Belt: Wunnummin Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mafic metavolcanics | 1 | contains | ||
| vein | 2 | quartz | host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore |
09/12/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Sample 174620 returned assays of 453 ppm Cu and 70 ppb Au from a dark green massive basalt with quartz stringers containing 2-3% pyrite and pyrrhotite (Assessment report 53J08NW2001).
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