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Record: MDI000000002499

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Keezhik Lake East - 2021, Cadman Lake - 1987
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2021-Mar-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Keezhik Lake Area

Latitude: 51° 46' 27.59"    Longitude: -88° 20' 48.39"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 407081   Northing: 5736797    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 52P16SW

Point Location Description: Sample 10SB019-3 location from MRD293

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS



Exploration History

1970: Selco Exploration Company Ltd. conducted a ground magnetometer survey. 1987: Pure Gold Resources Inc. carried out geological mapping, sampling, and diamond drilling. 2011: Landore Resources Canada Inc. carried out geological mapping, and soil and rock sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
16 52P16SW9420 52P16SW9420
2.50804 20000007086 20000007086
2.365 52P16SW9500 52P16SW9500

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
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3ArsenopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 31, 2021 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 10SB019-3 returned 40.23 wt% Fe2O3 (28.14% wt% Fe) from an oxide iron formation with disseminated blebby replacement pyrite (MRD293).



Mineral Record Details

References

Data - Geochemical and Geological Data from the Keezhik Lake and Miminiska Lake Area, Fort Hope Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario

Publication Number: MRD293 Scale:     Date: 2012

Author: Buse S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: P3764 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2012

Author: Buse S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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