Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Melgund Lake - 1983, Nexus Resources - 1983, K. Cameron - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum
Township or Area: Pic
Latitude: 48° 41' 9.75" Longitude: -86° 10' 6.85"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 561194 Northing: 5392889 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D09NE
Point Location Description: Trench 1 on map in assessment file 42D09NE0060
Location Method: Data Compilation
1983: Nexus Resource Corp. optioned the property and conducted geological mapping, airborne VLF-EM and EM surveys, a ground IP survey, trenching and sampling. 1984: Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. drilled 1 DDH totaling 240 m. 1992: Newmont Mines Ltd. carried out mapping and sampling. 1994: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. carried out IP and magnetometer surveys, mapping and sampling. 2004: Beaufield Resources carried out a ground magnetic survey. 2007: Beaufield Resources carried out sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6278 | 42D09NE0060 | 42D09NE0060 |
| 30 | 42D09NE0174 | 42D09NE0174 |
| 2.15566 | 42D09NE0032 | 42D09NE0032 |
| 2.36636 | 20000002567 | 20000002567 |
| 2.14727 | 42D09NE0125 | 42D09NE0125 |
| 2.28333 | 42D09NE2015 | 42D09NE2015 |
| 63.4406 | 42D09NE0149 | 42D09NE0149 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 |
| 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 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 17, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Massive and disseminated sulphide mineralization occurs within the interflow metasediments hosted by the mafic metavolcanics rocks north of Melgund Creek. Nexus Resource’s trench no. 1 provided the best exposed sulphide-bearing section, with massive and disseminated sulphides consisting of pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, molybdenite, plus minor magnetite and hematite occur within siliceous argillite, graphitic argillite, and lesser sericite-quartz schist. Weakly mineralized biotite-quartz schist occurs above and below the mineralized unit. The best assay in zinc was sample 86314 which returned 10,600 ppm Zn and 720 ppm Cu over 0.08 m. Sample 86315 returned 168 ppm Mo over a width of 1.01 m. Sample 86345 returned 1180 ppm Cu and 1900 ppm Zn from a grab sample (Assessment report 42D09NE0060). Sample HW025 collected by Newmont Mines in 1992 returned an assay of 2000 ppm Zn and 420 ppm Cu (Assessment file 42D09NE0125).
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