Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002366Deposit Name(s) | McNerney Zn - 2010, Hudson Bay Perkins - 1973 |
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Deposit Status | occurrence |
Date Created | 2019-Dec-19 |
Date Last Modified | 2019-Dec-19 |
Created By | T Pettigrew |
Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: zinc
Secondary Commodities: copper, nickel
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.
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.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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2.45117 | 20000006159 | Open |
10 | 52C13NW0008 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
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mafic metavolcanics | 1 | sheared | host |
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).
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
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1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
2 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
3 | sphalerite | economic | ore | ||||
4 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore |
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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