Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002454

Deposit: MDI000000002454

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Hiewall Lake East - 1991
Deposit Status discretionary occurrence
Date Created 2020-Oct-29
Date Last Modified 2020-Oct-29
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: copper

Location

Township or Area: Dixie Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 48' 44.79"    Longitude: -93° 36' 2.65"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 457677   Northing: 5629140    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52K13SE

Point Location Description: DDH P-12A from Assessment report 52K13SE0003

Location Method: based on assessment

Exploration and Mining History

1991: Teck Exploration Ltd. drilled 2 DDH totaling 299 m.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
39     52K13SE0003     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
metasedimentary 1 argillite, biotite alteration

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
2 pyrrhotite economic ore
3 chalcopyrite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

10/29/2020 (T Pettigrew) - DDH PP-12A returned up to 1400 ppm Cu, 24 ppb Au, and 150 ppm Zn over 0.6 m from 92.4-93.0 m from a massive to foliated biotite alteration zone in a possible metasediment with 2-3% coarse disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite, and trace chalcopyrite (Assessment report 52K13SE00030).

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