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Record: MDI52C11NE00052

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Moosehorn Lake West - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Watten

Latitude: 48° 41' 47.77"    Longitude: -93° 8' 50.51"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 489156.044   Northing: 5393739.95    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52C11NE

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1966: 125 m of DD in 2 holes.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52C11NE U-7



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff 1
Wacke 2 metasedimentary rocks
Schist-Unsubdivided 3

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jul 28, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Best assays from 1966 drilling yielded 0.55% Zn and trace Ni over 2.5 m. Lithologies included mafic tuffs, metasedimentary rocks and schists. Mineralization included pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files 52C11NE U-7

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kenora RGP


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

Publication Number: R115 Date: 1974

Author: Harris F.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5512 Date: 1984

Author: Poulsen K.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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