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Record: MDI42M06NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Barringer DDH W-69-2 - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-May-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper



Location

Township or Area: East Of Makokibatan Lake Area

Latitude: 51° 21' 36.94"    Longitude: -87° 13' 18.44"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 484558   Northing: 5689912    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42M06NE

Point Location Description: sulphide showing on southwestern end of Washi Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description:



Exploration History

1969 – Barringer Research – mapping, geochemical survey, DD-1-110 ft,


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
11 42M06NE0001 42M06NE0001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Sheared Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Aug 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a strongly sheared sequence of mafic to intermediate metavolcanics and metasedimentary rocks.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - A 1 ft section of drill core returned 173 ppm Zn, 32 ppm Cu between 52-53 ft. A 1 ft section between 96.7 and 97.5 ft returned 157 ppm Zn and 94 ppm Cu.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

References

Map - Fort Hope-Lansdowne House sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay districts

Publication Number: M2237 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1972

Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W., Riley R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Operation Fort Hope

Publication Number: MP042 Page: 44  Date: 1970

Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Mono - Mineral Occurrences and Prospects in the Fort Hope-Winisk Area

Publication Number: OFR5926 Date: 1995

Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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