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Record: MDI41J08NE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) El Pen-Rey - 1980, Moon Lake Area - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Dec-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Platinum Metals



Location

Township or Area: Gerow

Latitude: 46° 25' 40.88"    Longitude: -82° 12' 24.84"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 407270.486   Northing: 5142313.121    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41J08NE

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

GEOLOGY: DISS SULPS (CP,PO) ASSOC WITH ALTERATIONZONES IN EAST BULL L GABBRO; BLUE QTZ, MINERALIZATION: DISS SULPS IN CHLORITIZED, EPIDOTIZED ANIN A 50 M THICK LAYER 2KM LONG-D.PECK,PC. 1955: Sylvainite Gold Mines Ltd. - sampling 1956: El Pen-Ray Oil and Mines Ltd. - surface work, 14 drill holes (7819 feet). 1957: Daering Explorers Ltd. - EM survey over west part of property


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
GEROW-0010 41J08NE0018 41J08NE0018
Gerow-0011-C1 41J08NE0016 41J08NE0016
Gerow-0012-B1 41J08NW0046 41J08NW0046

Geology

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PentlanditeEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
1ChloriteEconomicGangue
2EpidoteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 26, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Best assay in drill hole: 1.5ft @ 0.49% Cu & 3.93% Ni



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
1 Magmatic
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Geology, east Bull lake, Ontario, map and notes; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 873

Publication Number: GSC OF 873 Date: 1982

Author: Mccrank, G F D; Stone, D; Kamineni, D C; Zayachkivsky, B; Vincent, G

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129770


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 86-87  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Geology and platinum group element sulphide mineralization, East Bull Lake

Publication Number: OFR5813 Date: 1991

Author: Peck D.C., James R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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