Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002424

Deposit: MDI000000002424

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Gulag - 2000
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2020-Jul-14
Date Last Modified 2020-Jul-14
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: nickel, palladium, copper

Secondary Commodities: zinc

Location

Township or Area: Mulcahy

Latitude: 51° 0' 23.25"    Longitude: -94° 12' 49.18"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 414851   Northing: 5651244    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52M01SE

Point Location Description: Sample TBPC-01 from Assessment report 52M01SE2013 (converted to NAD83)

Location Method: based on assessment

Exploration and Mining History

1960: Cochenour Willans drilled 1 DDH totaling 62.8 m. 2000: Goldcorp carried out mapping, trenching, sampling, and drilled 2 DDH totaling 670 m. 2008: Puget Ventures Inc. drilled 1 DDH totaling 292.5 m.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.21430     52M01SE2013     Open
52L16NE-0011     20000006227     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
amphibolite 1 host
mafic metavolcanics 2 host
metasedimentary 3 host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

07/14/2020 (T Pettigrew) - Grab sample TB-2000-193 returned 13,200 ppm Ni, 6.3 ppm Pd, and 1170 ppm Cu from massive sulphide in an amphibolite schist. Sample TB-2000-195 returned 10,140 ppm Cu, and 5930. Sample TBPC-01 returned 7800 ppb Pd, 250 ppb Pt, 4220 ppm Cu, and 39,300 ppm Ni from a massive sulphide that is strongly magnetic and principally pyrrhotite (Assessment report 52M01SE2013). DDH TB08017 returned up to 0.24% Zn over 1 m from interbedded siltstone and argillite with pyrrhotite stringers (Assessment report 20000000689).

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