Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002352

Deposit: MDI000000002352

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Gwyn Lake Silver - 2007, No. 11 Showing - 2007
Deposit Status discretionary occurrence
Date Created 2019-Oct-16
Date Last Modified 2019-Oct-16
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: silver

Location

Township or Area: McComber

Latitude: 49° 37' 43.13"    Longitude: -87° 47' 56.82"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 442290   Northing: 5497650    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42E12NW

Point Location Description: Assessment report 20000002603

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

2007: F. Houghton carried out stripping and sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.36767     20000002603     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Beardmore-geraldton

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
ironstone 1 host
mafic metavolcanics 2 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 magnetite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

10/16/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Most of the samples taken returned values from 2.14 to 6.62 ppm Ag, but sample 318421 assayed 228.6 ppm Ag (7.25 oz/t Ag) from a folded schistose shear with 20% sulphides (Assessment report 20000002603).

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