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| Record Name(s) | Grey Trout Road Cu-Ni Occurrence - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Jun-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt
Township or Area: Sandbeach Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 53' 29.71" Longitude: -92° 11' 40.41"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 559039.628 Northing: 5415716.591 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52C16SW
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Data Compilation
1991: sampling, geophysical survey. Grab samples assayed: 884ppm Cu, 72 ppm Ni, 13 ppm Cr, 66 ppm Co; 1.46% Cu, .18% Ni, 18 ppm Cr, 722ppm Co and 46ppm Pd. 1992-93: geophysical survey. 445 m of DD in 6 holes. Best assays returned 1 486 ppm Cu, 240 ppm Ni and 48 ppm Co over 0.6 m. Lithologies intersected included syenite, anorthosite and gabbro.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Calm-Lac des Mille Lacs
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (P Hinz) - The occurrence is related to a large ovoid geophysical anomaly identifed in 1997 by Minescape Expl. This is in an area previously mapped as granite. Re-mapping by Stone (1997) identified large masses of anorthosite and mafic intrusive rocks such as gabbro and pyroxenite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (P Hinz) - Lithologies intersected during drilling included syentie, anorthosite and gabbro.
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