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MDI52B11NW00002
| Record Name(s) | A. Carruthers - 1976, G. Wilson - 1979 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Partial |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-10 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver
Township or Area: Pickerel Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 44' 52.71" Longitude: -91° 20' 20.47"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 622097.85 Northing: 5400770.57 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B11NW, 52B14SW
Point Location Description: Quartz veins
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessible by foot trail north of Highway 11.
1976: A. Carruthers drilled 3 DDH totalling 116.1 m. 1979: Staked by G. Wilson and H. Blair, trenching and sampling was conducted.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 52B11NE0004 | 52B11NE0004 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Gabbro | 3 | |||
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 4 | Quartz-Mica |
Jun 16, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The occurrences are hosted by east-trending metasediments, south of the Quetico Fault. The metasediments consist of wacke and phyllite have been intruded by ultramafic stocks and minor felsic porphyries (Schnieders and Dutka, 1985).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Muscovite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 16, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - A series of quartz veins are situated conformably within the hosting east-trending metasedimentary belt. Although exposure was poor the veins appear to have a maximum width and strike length of l metre and 10 metres, respectively. They consist of white, sugary to milky quartz, contain no visible sulphides, and generally exhibit very limited evidence of shearing. Assay results on a single grab sample indicate only a trace of gold and silver. Approximately 3/4 kilometre east-northeast of these quartz veins, a small outcrop (5 metres by 10 metres) of coarse-grained (up to 1 centimetre crystals) pyroxenite or hornblendite was noted in a large swamp. No visible sulphides are present in the outcrop, however, due to the poor exposure, the size and potential of the intrusion was not determined. A grab sample assayed trace copper, 0.04 percent nickel, no platinum, and trace palladium. A coarse-grained (up to 1.5 centimetres) pegmatite dike was found on this property. This dike is about 7 metres wide and has an exposed strike length of 12 metres. It is composed of white quartz and feldspar and large (2 centimetres) "books" of muscovite. Assay results on a single grab sample indicated that lithium was not present (Schnieders et al., 1981)
Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey
Publication Number: OFR5539 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1980, Atikokan Geological Survey
Publication Number: OFR5334 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Schnieders B.R., Larsen C.R., McConnell C.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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