Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002474Deposit Name(s) | Gem Gold-copper - 2007 |
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Deposit Status | occurrence |
Date Created | 2020-Dec-18 |
Date Last Modified | 2020-Dec-18 |
Created By | T Pettigrew |
Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold, copper
Secondary Commodities: platinum, palladium
Township or Area: Weaver Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 32' 24.27" Longitude: -90° 4' 45.86"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 711286 Northing: 5491595 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52G09SE
Point Location Description: Grab sample 605103 in Assessment report 20000003878
Location Method: based on assessment
2007: Benton Resources Corp. carried out prospecting, trenching, and sampling.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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2.40522 | 20000003878 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
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mafic metavolcanics | 1 | host | ||
iron formation | 2 | host |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
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1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
2 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
3 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore |
12/18/2020 (T Pettigrew) - Grab sample 605103 from Trench 5 returned 1.477 ppm Au from a mafic metavolcanics with 3-5% fine grained, disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite. Grab sample 616661 returned 250 ppb Au, 440 ppb Pt, 103 ppb Pd, and 2790 ppm Cu from a silicified iron formation with 40% pyrrhotite, 0.5% chalcopyrite, biotite and sericite alteration (Assessment report 20000003878).
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