Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002397

Deposit: MDI000000002397

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Bp Helldiver Bay - 1983
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2020-May-15
Date Last Modified 2020-May-15
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: gold

Location

Township or Area: Glass

Latitude: 49° 33' 48.28"    Longitude: -94° 57' 30.12"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 358387   Northing: 5491933    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52E10SW

Point Location Description: DDH S14 from Assessment report 52E10SW8518

Location Method: based on assessment

Exploration and Mining History

1983: BP Resources Ltd. conducted magnetic and EM surveys, and drilled 1 DDH totaling 177 m.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
33     52E10SW8518     Open
2.5474     52E10NW9492     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
intermediate metavolcanics 1 tuff
vein 2 quartz host
felsic metavolcanics 3 felsite contains

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
1 quartz economic gangue

Mineralization Comments

05/15/2020 (T Pettigrew) - DDH S14 returned 1.07 ppm Au over 0.7 m, 1.17 ppm over 0.7 m, and 1.44 ppm over 0.6 m from quartz veins with pyrite in felsite and basalt (Assessment report 52E10SW8518).

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For detailed information regarding this mineral deposit please contact the Kenora Resident Geologist District Office