Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002367

Deposit: MDI000000002367

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Pinewood Lake - 1972
Deposit Status discretionary occurrence
Date Created 2019-Dec-19
Date Last Modified 2019-Dec-19
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: zinc, copper, nickel

Location

Township or Area: Mather, Potts

Latitude: 48° 49' 28.92"    Longitude: -93° 51' 51.46"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 436562   Northing: 5408329    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52C13SW

Point Location Description: DDH 48577 from Assessment report 20000005176

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

1968: Noranda conducted magnetic and ground EM surveys. 1972-73: Canadian Nickel Company Ltd. conducted magnetic and EM surveys and drilled 3 DDH totaling 236.5 m. 1988: W. Cummings carried out prospecting, mapping, biogeochemical sampling, magnetic and SP surveys. 1989: W. Cummings conducted magnetic and EM surveys. 1997: G. Allen drilled 4 DDH totaling 316.8 m. 2007: Rainy River Resources conducted a max-min survey, prospecting, and relogged the 1997 drill core.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
52C13SW0430     20000005176     Open
2.18317     52C13SW2001     Open
2.34901     20000002122     Open
2.16177     52C13SW0004     Open
2.11817     52C13SW0003     Open
2.11962     52C13SW0002     Open

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
felsic metavolcanics 1 rhyolitic dacite tuff host

Mineralization

Deposit Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Habit Description
1 sphalerite economic ore
2 pyrrhotite economic ore
3 chalcopyrite economic ore
4 pyrite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

12/19/2019 (T Pettigrew) - DDH 48577 encountered 50% massive pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite with trace sphalerite at 189.5’ depth and 20% sphalerite at 205.8 ft depth. No assay results were reported (Assessment report 20000005176). DDH PW-03-97 encountered 30-60% sulphides including pyrrhotite and pyrite at 33.2 m depth (Assessment report 20000002122).

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