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Record: MDI52E09NW00134

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gold Lake - 1934, Bigstone Bay Project - 1985, Blackburn - Pattison Mine - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Aug-04
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Kirkup

Latitude: 49° 37' 40.04"    Longitude: -94° 16' 45.77"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 407605.875   Northing: 5498033.942    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52E09NW

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1934: exploration for gold. 1968: 39 m of DD in one hole. All subsequent exploration has been for gold.1985: airborne Mag and EM survey.1985-87: stripping, geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52E09NW M-1 52E09NW0036 52E09NW0036
52E09NW C-1 52F13SE0003 52F13SE0003



Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre
4GalenaEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 04, 2022 (Q Unknown) - 1934: sample returned $17.00 Au (0.49 oz/t Au based on $35 gold price). 1968: Best drill intersections assayed: 0.46% Cu over 0.9 m; 0.25% Cu and 0.10% Ni over 1.4 m. Mineralization included pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pyrite. Intermediate metavolcanic rocks only lithology intersected.



Mineral Record Details

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