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Record: MDI52C11NE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Brunette Prospect - 1978, Grasselli - 1918, M. Murray - 1978, Windy Point Bridge Property - 9999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1978-Oct-10
Date Last Modified 2022-May-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Watten

Latitude: 48° 41' 19.8"    Longitude: -93° 12' .47"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 485271.034   Northing: 5392884.971    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52C11NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1918: Trenching, test pitting, drilling over mile or more by Grasselli Chemical Company. Shaft sunk.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Pyrite lenses in banded iron formation striking N20E. Width 20 feet, dips steeply north (Hewitt, 1967).



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 42  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Rainy Lake area, District of Rainy River

Publication Number: R115 Page: 60-61  Date: 1974

Author: Harris F.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - The geological setting of mineralization in the Mine Centre-Fort Frances area, District of Rainy River

Publication Number: OFR5512 Page: No. 31  Date: 1984

Author: Poulsen K.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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