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Record: MDI000000002496

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Tidy Lake South - 2021
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2021-Mar-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Veekay Lake Area

Latitude: 51° 37' 7.65"    Longitude: -87° 41' 50.32"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 451724   Northing: 5718871    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42M12SE

Point Location Description: Sample 15BA302 location from MRD372

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: 4 km south of Tidy Lake



Exploration History

No exploration work was found in the assessment files.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 29, 2021 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 15BA302 returned 0.482 ppm Au from a rusty quartz vein with 2% disseminated pyrite hosted in amphibolite after a mafic volcanic rock (MRD372).



Mineral Record Details

References

Data - Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Data Related to the Eabamet Lake Area, Fort Hope-Miminiska Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario

Publication Number: MRD372 Scale:     Date: 2018

Author: Azar B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of the Eabamet Lake Area, Fort Hope-Miminiska Greenstone Belt-South Sheet

Publication Number: P3825 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2018

Author: Azar B., Rudolph N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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