Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002467

Deposit: MDI000000002467

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Perch Lake West - 2019
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2020-Dec-17
Date Last Modified 2020-Dec-17
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: gold

Location

Township or Area: Strey

Latitude: 48° 49' 56.94"    Longitude: -87° 6' 43.57"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 491773   Northing: 5408840    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42D14SE

Point Location Description: Field visit by OGS staff E. Hastie

Location Method: field visit with gps

Exploration and Mining History

1983: Franklin Resources Ltd. carried out mapping, sampling and soil sampling. 1986: Ram Explorations carried out prospecting, sampling, and mapping. 2019: OGS staff member E. Hastie carried out sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.9038     42D14SE0014     Open
2.7083     42D14SE0022     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Belt: Schreiber-hemlo

Intrusion: Terrace Bay Pluton

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
felsic intrusive 1 host

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

Mineralization Comments

12/17/2020 (T Pettigrew) - A sample collected by OGS staff returned 1.85 g/t Au (E. Hastie, pers. comm., 2020).

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For detailed information regarding this mineral deposit please contact the Thunder Bay South Resident Geologist District Office