Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Zinc Pit - 1960 |
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Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 2024-Mar-05 |
Date Last Modified | 2024-Mar-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt, Lead, Antimony
Township or Area: Mulcahy
Latitude: 51° 0' 8.37" Longitude: -94° 12' 45.51"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 414915.04 Northing: 5650783.36 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52L16NE
Point Location Description: Located by RGP with sample 2023PM026.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Located in the Trout Bay assemblage by travel down Suffel Road towards Johnson Lake.
1960: Cochenour Willans Gold Mines Ltd. optioned the property and completed prospecting, reconnaissance and detailed geological mapping, trenching, geophysical surveying and diamond drilling. 1963-1972: Cochenour Willans Gold Mines Ltd. carried out trenching, geological mapping, geophysical surveying and diamond drilling. Between the Zinc Pit and High Grade Lake area 12657' drilled between 1967-1968, 5583' in 1971 and 2206' in 1972. 1968: Cochenour Willans Gold Mines Ltd. completed an estimated resource of 13 766 tons at a grade of 0.68% Cu, 4.75% Zn and 0.94 opt Au. 1993. Inco Ltd. optioned the property from Wilanour Resources Ltd. (previously known as Cochenour Willans Gold Mines Ltd.) and stripped, washed, trenched and detailed mapped and sampled Zinc Pit.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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20000000689 | 20000000689 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Wacke | 1 | Host |
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Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Host | ||
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Near | ||
Gabbro | 4 | Near |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Rank | Classification |
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1 | VMS Base Metal |
Date: Jul 05, 2023
Geologist: Paul Malegus
Notes: RGP Property Visit
Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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Western Body (Zinc Pit) | 1968 | Unclassified | 13766 | Hughes T., 2008. Report on Drilling Program, June-July 2008, Trout Bay Property Red Lake, Ontario, Puget Ventures Inc. Assessment Report 20000000689. | Copper 0.68 %, Silver 0.94 oz/T, Zinc 4.75 % |
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