Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002361

Deposit: MDI000000002361

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Little Dawson Lake - 1988
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2019-Nov-04
Date Last Modified 2019-Nov-04
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: gold

Location

Township or Area: Sandra

Latitude: 49° 43' 37.17"    Longitude: -87° 58' 44.8"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 429434   Northing: 5508737    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42E12NW

Point Location Description: Location of DDH BRD-88-7 from Assessment report 42E12NW0150

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

1988: Edda Resources Inc. drilled 7 DDH totaling 1856.8 m.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
23     42E12NW0150     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Beardmore-geraldton

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
mafic intrusive 1 diabase near
metasedimentary 2 host
intermediate metavolcanics 2 host
vein 4 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
1 quartz economic gangue

Mineralization Comments

11/04/2019 (T Pettigrew) - DDH BRD-88-07 returned up to 0.04 oz/t Au (1.37 g/t Au) over 4.7 feet from an intermediate to mafic metavolcanics with pyrite. DDH BRD-88-06 returned up to 0.034 oz/t Au (1.17 g/t Au) over 4.6 feet from a fine-grained greywacke containing quartz veins and fine-grained pyrite (Assessment report 42E12NW0150).

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