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Record Name(s) | Whitton Lake - 2000 |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2022-Apr-01 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Palladium, Platinum
Township or Area: Wabikon Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 21' 49.46" Longitude: -89° 28' 12.82"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 320649 Northing: 5470827 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52H06SW
Point Location Description: Sample 686951 in Assessment report 52H06SW2003 combined with map from Ethos Gold March 8, 2021
Location Method: Data Compilation
1997-98: Wagg Mineral Exploration and Consulting conducted ground magnetic and VLF-EM surveys. 2000: C.A. Wagg carried out trenching and sampling. 2002: Phoenix-Matachewan Mines Inc. carried out prospecting and sampling. 2021: Ethos Gold has optioned the property.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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2.17939 | 52H06SW0031 | 52H06SW0031 |
2.23841 | 52H06NW2004 | 52H06NW2004 |
2.19070 | 52H06SW2001 | 52H06SW2001 |
2.20744 | 52H06SW2002 | 52H06SW2002 |
2.24761 | 52H06SW2004 | 52H06SW2004 |
2.22494 | 52H06SW2003 | 52H06SW2003 |
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Host |
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Peridotite | 2 | |||
Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Apr 01, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - High-MgO gabbroic, pyroxenitic and peridotitic rocks outcrop along a several km long NE trend extending from the Whitton Lake area suggesting a large-scale sill / dyke system intruding sulphide -rich iron formation and felsic volcanic rocks (Ethos Gold press release March 8, 2021).
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 01, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 686942 returned 4370 ppm Cu, 1900 ppm Ni, 72 ppb Au, 50.5 ppb Pt, and 290 ppb Pd from a gabbro. Sample 686951 returned 2510 ppm cu, 1415 ppm Ni, 44 ppb Au, 46 ppb Pt, and 250 ppb Pd from a gabbro (Assessment report 52H06SW2003).
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Magmatic |
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