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Record: MDI52C16SW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bennett Lake - 1971
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Sep-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Nickel



Location

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



Exploration History

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.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
10 52C16SW8605 52C16SW8605
2.7646 52C16SW0005 52C16SW0005
63.3348 52C16SW8258 52C16SW8258

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Dacite

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

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).



Mineral Record Details

References

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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