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MDI52C16SW00014
| Record Name(s) | Bennett Lake - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Nickel
Township or Area: Bennett
Latitude: 48° 46' 25.67" Longitude: -92° 16' 22.5"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 553421.02 Northing: 5402565.24 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52C16SW
Point Location Description: DDH on map in Assessment report 52C16SW8605
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1964: Steep Rock Iron Mines Ltd. carried out a geological survey. 1971: 31 m of DD in one hole. 1984: Morrison Petroleums Ltd. contracted a helicopter-borne magnetic and ERM survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 10 | 52C16SW8605 | 52C16SW8605 |
| 2.7646 | 52C16SW0005 | 52C16SW0005 |
| 63.3348 | 52C16SW8258 | 52C16SW8258 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Dacite |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 15, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The best assays from the 1971 drillhole returned 0.21% Cu and 0.05% Ni over 6.2 m from a dacite with 3% disseminated chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and pyrite and in scattered large blebs (Assessment report 52C16SW8605).
Mono - Geology of the Calm Lake area, District of Rainy River
Publication Number: OFR5351 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Fumerton S.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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