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Record: MDI000000002927

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Winisk Property - 2009
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2022-Feb-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-08
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Chromium



Location

Township or Area: BMA 532 871

Latitude: 53° 14' 32.2"    Longitude: -87° 2' 2.03"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 497738   Northing: 5899223    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 43E03NE

Point Location Description: Sample 07sb125-2 from MRD244

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

2008: Noront flew an airborne VTEM survey. 2009: Noront drilled 8 DDH totalling 2376 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.42415 20000004175 20000004175
2.45210 20000006265 20000006265

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Island Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Host
Gabbro 2 Host
Granodiorite 3 Near
Amphibolite 4 Near
Intermediate Tuff 5 Near

Mineralization Comments

Feb 08, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 07sb125-2 returned 736 ppm Ni and 3581 ppm Cr (MRD244).



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
ChromiumXRF3581ppm4
NickelXRF736ppm1

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

Data - Geological, Geochemical and Geochronological Data for the Winisk Lake Area, Northwestern Ontario

Publication Number: MRD244 Scale:     Date: 2009

Author: Buse S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of the Winisk Lake Area

Publication Number: P3607 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2009

Author: Buse S., Smar L., Stott G.M., McIlraith S.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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