Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002366

Deposit: MDI000000002366

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) McNerney Zn - 2010, Hudson Bay Perkins - 1973
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2019-Dec-19
Date Last Modified 2019-Dec-19
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: zinc

Secondary Commodities: copper, nickel

Location

Township or Area: Menary

Latitude: 48° 58' 48.58"    Longitude: -93° 52' 15.84"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 436263   Northing: 5425616    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52C13NW

Point Location Description: Trench 11 from Assessment report 20000006159

Location Method: data compilation

Access Description: Access is directly off the 404 Road, which leads off of paved provincial highways 11 and 71.

Exploration and Mining History

1973: Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Company Ltd. drilled 2 DDH totaling 155 m. 1983-85: Agassiz Resources carried out prospecting and magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys. 2010: B. McNerney carried out trenching and sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.45117     20000006159     Open
10     52C13NW0008     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
mafic metavolcanics 1 sheared host

Lithology Comments

12/19/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Trench 11 is approximately 3x5 m and is located along the 404 Road. It contains sheared mafic metavolcanics with a strike and dip of 210/89 (Assessment report 20000006159).

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 sphalerite economic ore
4 chalcopyrite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

12/19/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Both of the holes drilled by Hudson Bay Exploration in 1973 intersected 1.5-3 m of mineralization consisting of 5% pyrite, 5% pyrrhotite, up to 2.5% sphalerite, and trace chalcopyrite. No assays were reported from the drilling although samples were collected (Assessment report 52C13NW0008). Sample 378471 from Trench 11 returned 5280 ppm Zn, 1450 ppm Cu, 205 ppm Co, and 226 ppm Ni (Assessment report 20000006159).

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