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Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002494| Deposit Name(s) | Albany River North - 2021 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2021-Mar-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Mar-29 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: molybdenum
Township or Area: Kagiami Falls Area
Latitude: 51° 28' 32.39" Longitude: -86° 42' 42.09"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 520023 Northing: 5702762 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42M07NE
Point Location Description: OGS sample 16BA306A, MRD380
Location Method: field visit with gps
2010: Canada Chrome Corp. carried out soil sampling and borehole drilling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.47956 | 20000013699 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Belt: Miminiska-fort Hope
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vein | 1 | quartz | host | |
| felsic intrusive | 2 | hornblende-biotite granodiorite | contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | molybdenite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrite | economic | ore |
03/29/2021 (T Pettigrew) - Sample 16BA306A returned 2900 ppm Mo from quartz veins with molybdenite and pyrite hosted in foliated hornblende-biotite granodiorite, equigranular, coarse-grained. Consists of 65% white feldspar, 20% quartz, 10% amphibole, 5% biotite. Has sharp contacts with the nearby amphibolite (MRD380).
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