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Record: MDI52C16SW00023

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bennett Lake North - 1992, Cousineau Zones 50, 51, 52 - 1992
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Nov-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Bennett Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 46' 16.89"    Longitude: -92° 24' 30.47"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 543464   Northing: 5402208    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52C16SW

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1992-94: L. Cousineau carried out stripping, trenching and sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.14982 52C16SW8251 52C16SW8251
W9410-00075 52C16SW0006 52C16SW0006
63.6191 52C16SW8265 52C16SW8265
OP93-305 52C16SW2001 52C16SW2001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Terrane: Western Wabigoon

Belt: Fort Frances-Mine Centre

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 29, 2020 (C Ravnaas) - Several trenches in the area returned up to 1.08 percent Cu from SA 198397 Zone 52. Sample 181513 returned 5585 ppm Zn from Zone 51 and a 12 in chip sample returned 601 ppb Au from Zone 52 are presented in Cousineau assessment file 52C16SW8251. Samples contained 1-2% chalcopyrite and 3-5% sphalerite.


Sep 29, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 7 from Zone 50 returned 4611 ppb Au from a mafic volcanic with minor sulphides (Assessment report 52C16SW0006).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Manion Lake Area

Publication Number: P3373 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1997

Author: Stone D., Hallé J., Murphy R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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