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Record: MDI52A05SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pitch Creek - 1979
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Aug-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Barite



Location

Township or Area: O'Connor

Latitude: 48° 20' 5.56"    Longitude: -89° 44' 33.65"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 296744.89   Northing: 5357157.11    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52A05SE, 52A05SW

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1987: Mill Rock resources drilled three holes, totalling166 m, into a Barite vein on claims staked by J.McDermott. 1989: J. McDermott undertakes a trenching program to expose and extend the barite vein. 1990: J.McDermott completes three additional trenches to link up pervious trenches.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.5733 52A05SW0001 52A05SW0001
13 52A05SW0003 52A05SW0003
63.5602 52A05SW0002 52A05SW0002

Geology

Province: Southern

Formation Group: Animikie Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic   Geochronological Age: 1878.3 ± 1.3 ma   Geochron. Age Ref.: Fralick et al. 2002



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Tuffs Host
Claystone 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 21, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - A 16ft channel sample was taken across trench #3 of platey white Barite. The assay for this channel sample returned 87.512 BaS04 .



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Hymers-Stanley area, Gunflint iron range, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: M1960L Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Moorhouse W.W., Goodwin A.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Fort William and Port Arthur, and Thunder Cape map areas, Thunder Bay District, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 167

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 167 Scale:     Date: 1931

Author: Tanton, T.L.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100799


Article - Proterozoic geology of the Lake Superior area

Publication Number: SV04-01.016 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Sutcliffe R.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Barite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR010 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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