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MDI000000002374
| 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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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel, Silver
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
1970: Scurry-Rainbow Oil Ltd. conducted EM and magnetic surveys and drilled 5 DDH totaling 788.58 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 52G14SE R-0016 | 52G14SE0039 | 52G14SE0039 |
| 63.2748 | 52G14SW9162 | 52G14SW9162 |
| 2.224 | 52G14SE9170 | 52G14SE9170 |
| 52G14SW9163 | 20000005251 | 20000005251 |
| 52G14SE P-0014 | 52G14SE0021 | 52G14SE0021 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Sturgeon Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Rhyolite | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
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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