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MDI52A16NW00005
| Record Name(s) | Stewart Lake Road Float - 2002 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Dec-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | B Schnieders |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Platinum, Palladium
Township or Area: Stirling
Latitude: 48° 53' 14.32" Longitude: -88° 29' 59.06"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 390059.7 Northing: 5416012.83 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A16NW
Point Location Description: Float Boulder
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The float is on the west side of the Stewart Lake Road, and was moved by logging operations. The float was within 30 m of the road.
2002: Mineralized float discovered by OGS staff and sampled. No assessment reports were found on file.
Province: Southern
Supergroup: Keweenawan Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (B Schnieders) - A float boulder of diabase with visible pyrrhotite was discovered in 2002 by RGP staff. Sample 02-BPH-05 was collected and described as gossan and diabase boulder on Stewart lake Road. (looks like Wallenius-Pardee Twp). Float assayed 397 ppm Cu, 11.55 ppb Au, 52.37 ppb Pd and 45.35 ppb Pt (Resident Geologist's Files, OGS, Thunder Bay). Second boulder (Mark's Boulder @ 16U0390066/5415652 displayed diabase and ultramafic intrusive. Possibly layered and serpentinized (Resident Geologist's Files, OGS, Thunder Bay).
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