Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42E12NW00032
| Record Name(s) | Westfield Minerals 2 - 1963 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McComber
Latitude: 49° 39' 49.39" Longitude: -87° 51' 41.88"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 437820 Northing: 5501599 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E12NW
Point Location Description: AMIS Trench location
Location Method: Data Compilation
1963: Westfield Minerals drilled 1 DDH totalling 133.8 m. 1983: Normine Resources Ltd. carried outmapping, sampling, soil sampling and VLF-EM and magnetometer surveys. 1988: Moss Resources Ltd. carried out prospecting, trenching and sampling. 1990: Highlander Minerals Ltd. drilled 1 DDH totalling 97.56 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 42E12NW0481 | 42E12NW0481 |
| 63.6157 | 42E12NE0001 | 42E12NE0001 |
| 19 | 42E12SW0489 | 42E12SW0489 |
| 2.11452 | 42E12NW0032 | 42E12NW0032 |
| 2.5819 | 42E12NW0073 | 42E12NW0073 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 17, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sampling by Normine in 1983 returned 0.25 oz/t Au over 9.2 ft (8.57 g/t Au over 2.8 m) (Assessment report 42E12NW0073). A sample from Trench 88-C returned 0.148 oz/ t Au (4.6 g/t Au) over 26 cm in carbonatized pyritic sheared iron formation and mudstone (Assessment report 42E12NE0001).
Book - GDIF 42E12NW (unpublished)
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1988
Author: Ontario Geological Survey
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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