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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI42D15NW00006

Record: MDI42D15NW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cairngorm Lake - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Santoy Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 58' 38.19"    Longitude: -86° 54' 45.91"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 506384.38   Northing: 5424933.26    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42D15NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Pre-1980s: unknown explorers dug a pit. 1984-85: Blue Ridge Resources Ltd. carried out prospecting, mapping, soil and rock sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.8726 42D15NW0003 42D15NW0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 05, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Rock samples returned assays up to 63 ppm Mo, 113 ppm Cu, 86 ppm Zn, 0.6 ppm Ag, 5 ppb Au, and 10 ppm As. Soil samples returned assays up to 3 ppm Mo, 32 ppm Cu, 159 ppm Zn, 0.2 ppm Ag, 10 ppb Au, and 10 ppm As (Assessment file 42D15NW0003).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Cairngorm Lake area, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2112 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Walker J.W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Jackfish-Middleton area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R050 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Walker J.W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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