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Record: MDI41P10NW00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Brett Lake - 1981, Lake Superior Resources Corp - 1997
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-20
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Bismuth, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Van Hise

Latitude: 47° 40' 54.76"    Longitude: -80° 50' 21.72"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 512055.922   Northing: 5280955.676    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P10NW

Point Location Description: Pit just NE of property symbol 8 (Map 2348) in S central part of township.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Lake Superior Resources Corp. collected samples in the area.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.2398 41P10NW0003 41P10NW0003
2.19013 41P15SE2005 41P15SE2005

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Conglomerate 1
Vein 2 quartz-carbonate
Diabase 3 Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5BismuthEconomicOre
10ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
20PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 02, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Vein and assays: qtz carb veinlets in Gowganda conglomerate near diabase contact; 1.54% Co; 0.1% Ni. Lake Superior Resources Corp collected 13 samples in the area. Sample 91449 returned an anomalous value of 2170 ppb Au from a quartz vein in an old pit. In a nearby pit, two samples returned 17.1% and 10.9% Cu, both were associated with quartz-carbonate veins that contained over 50% chalcopyrite. One sample yielded 0.8% Zn and another 1890 ppm Ni.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-2233 (Hasaga), CO-2229 (Brett L), CO-2240 (Thib), CO-2520

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Van Hise and Milner townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2348 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: McIlwaine W.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Gowganda Lake-Miller Lake silver area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R175 Page: 58-59  Date: 1978

Author: McIlwaine W.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 60  Date: 1985

Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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