Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI42C13SW00009

Deposit: MDI42C13SW00009

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Dead Otter Lake Road - 1968
Related Deposit Type None
Deposit Status discretionary occurrence
Abandoned Mine Inventory Reference 03177
Date Created 1991-Apr-02
Date Last Modified 2019-Mar-27
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: sulphur/pyrite

Location

Township or Area: Wabikoba Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 50' 49.72"    Longitude: -85° 48' 44.83"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 587125   Northing: 5411144    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C13SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: conversion from mdi

Source Map: OGS 1968 MAP2147 WHITE LAKE SHEET GR72

Sources Map Scale: 1:25 000

Access Description: Site is accessible 4.4 km along Dead Otter Lake Road, which is located 13.9 km north of Hwy 17 along Manitouwadge Hwy 614. An old trail can be walked for 30 m to trench which cuts the mineralization in a N-S fashion.

Exploration and Mining History

Trenching was carried out at some point in the past. 1983: Harlin Resources Ltd. carried out an IP survey, mapping, and soil sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.6030     42C13SW0038     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Belt: Schreiber-hemlo

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineralization

Deposit Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Habit Description
1 pyrite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

03/27/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Narrow rusty pyritic shear zones in mafic metavolvanic rocks (Milne, 1968).

References

Publication - Geology of the Black River Area, p. 63-64

Publication Number: R072    Date: 1968

Author: Milne, V.G.

Publisher Name: OGS


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