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Record: MDI000000002497

General

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

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Opikeigan Lake Area

Latitude: 51° 38' 19.34" Longitude: -88° 2' 33.36"

UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 427851 Northing: 5721370 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 52P09NE

Point Location Description: Sample 04 LAH 0012A from MRD149

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Exploration History

1997: Slam Exploration carried out line cutting, VLF-EM and magnetic surveys, and geological mapping.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
2.18205	52P09NE2001	52P09NE2001

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
Vein	1	Quartz		Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided	2			Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type	Alteration Mineral Type	Alteration Ranking	Alteration Intensity	Alteration Style
1	Pyrite	Economic	Ore
1	Quartz	Economic	Gangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 29, 2021 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 04 LAH 0012A returned 1.87 ppm Au from a rusty quartz vein hosted in a mafic volcanic rock.

Mineral Record Details

References

Data - Lithogeochemical and Magnetic Susceptibility Data for the Opikeigen Lake Area

Publication Number: MRD149 Scale: Date: 2005

Author: Hall L.A.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Map - Precambrian Geology, Opikeigen Lake Area

Publication Number: P3269 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2005

Author: Hall L.A.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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