Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002363| Deposit Name(s) | Bb Showing - 2008 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2019-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2019-Nov-26 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold, zinc
Secondary Commodities: copper
Township or Area: Senn, Fleming
Latitude: 48° 54' 56.14" Longitude: -93° 48' 45.37"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 440464 Northing: 5418391 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52C13NW
Point Location Description: DDH OL09-12 from Assessment report 20000004281
Location Method: data compilation
2006: Rainy River Resources conducted a VTEM survey. 2008: Rainy River Resources carried out prospecting, sampling, and stripping. The showing was discovered by prospectors B. Burnell and G. Zebruck. 2009: Rainy River Resources drilled 1 DDH totaling 293 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.41867 | 20000004281 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mafic intrusive | 1 | gabbro | host | |
| mafic metavolcanics | 2 | |||
| felsic intrusive | 3 | quartz-phyric felsic dyke | 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 | ||||
| 3 | sphalerite | economic | ore | ||||
| 4 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore |
11/26/2019 (T Pettigrew) - The BB Showing is 10-15 m east of the composite sill that forms the upper part of the Off Lake Felsic Complex and is about 300 m south-southwest of the main Stares showing. The showing is a rusty-weathering, silicified, shear zone that is about 3 m wide, trends 000 deg to 010 deg and occurs in gabbro on the east edge of the outcrop hill. A grab sample taken from the showing assayed 17g/t Au. Assays from DDH OL09-12 returned up to 6650 ppm Zn, 1650 ppm Cu, and 0.21 ppm Au (Assessment report 20000004281).
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