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Record: MDI000000002374

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pike Lake North - 1970, Briarcourt - 1970, Scurry-Rainbow - 1970
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2020-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Valora Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 49' 23.08"    Longitude: -91° 12' 2.45"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 629421   Northing: 5520513    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52G14SE

Point Location Description: DDH BC-1 from map in Assessment report 52G14SE0021

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1970: Scurry-Rainbow Oil Ltd. conducted EM and magnetic surveys and drilled 5 DDH totaling 788.58 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52G14SE R-0016 52G14SE0039 52G14SE0039
63.2748 52G14SW9162 52G14SW9162
2.224 52G14SE9170 52G14SE9170
52G14SW9163 20000005251 20000005251
52G14SE P-0014 52G14SE0021 52G14SE0021

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Sturgeon Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Rhyolite Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 11, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Mineralization occurs along a shear zone and along a rhyolite-mafic metavolcanics contact. DDH BC-1 assayed up to 0.65% Cu, 0.33% Ni, 0.74 opt Ag over 5’ (1.5 m), 0.5% Cu, 0.15% Ni, and 0.22 opt Ag over 5’ (1.5 m) and 0.38% Cu and 1.14 opt Ag over 5’ (1.5 m). DDH BC-3A assayed up to 0.4% Cu and 0.32 opt Ag over 2’ (0.61 m) (Assessment report 52G14SE0039).



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