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Record: MDI52C13NW00017

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Western Troy Cu-Zn - 1991
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Occurrence
Date Created	2003-Nov-13
Date Last Modified	2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Location

Township or Area: Menary

Latitude: 48° 58' 23.74" Longitude: -93° 52' 15.65"

UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 436258 Northing: 5424849 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52C13NW

Point Location Description: Sample 11273 from map in Assessment report 52C13NW8305

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Exploration History

1989: Western Troy Capital Resources carried out mapping and sampling. 1991: Western Troy discovered the showing and conducted an EM survey and stripping. 1992: Western Troy carried out mapping, trenching and sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
2.15022	52C13NW8305	52C13NW8305
OM92-028	52F04SW0001	52F04SW0001
OM91-017	52C13NW0015	52C13NW0015
2.13061	52C16NW0032	52C16NW0032
2.13281	52C16NW0031	52C16NW0031

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Mafic Tuff	1	Tuffaceous		Host
Gabbro	2			Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type
1	Pyrite	Economic	Ore
2	Pyrrhotite	Economic	Ore
3	Chalcopyrite	Economic	Ore

Mineralization Comments

Nov 26, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 11273 returned 2937 ppm Cu, 5085 ppm Zn from a tuffaceous horizon containing minor pyrite, pyrrhotite, and trace chalcopyrite. Sample 11035 returned 11891 ppm Cu (1.19% Cu) and 988 ppm Zn from a tuffaceous horizon with 10-15% chalcopyrite and 5% pyrrhotite (Assessment report 52C13NW8305).

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Off Lake-Burditt Lake, Rainy River District

Publication Number: M2325 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976

Author: Blackburn C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:

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

Publication Number: R140 Scale: Date: 1976

Author: Blackburn C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:

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