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Record: MDI52E09SE00047

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Weedy Bay - 1991, Dome Exploration Project 56 - 9999, End Lake - 9999
Related Record Type Simple
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Code

Latitude: 49° 34' 59.05"    Longitude: -94° 9' 34.73"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 416175.886   Northing: 5492921.953    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52E09SE

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1972-74: airborne Mag and EM. Geophysical survey. 1 565 m of DD in 16 holes. 1985: airborne Mag and EM survey.1988: airborne Mag and EM survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52E09SE A-8 52E09SE5017 52E09SE5017
52E09SE A-5 52E09SE5018 52E09SE5018



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
3GalenaEconomicOre
4PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1
SericiteAlterationSericitization2
SilicaAlterationSilicification3
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization4

Mineralization Comments

Jul 26, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Best intersections from DDH 56-2 assayed: 0.45% Pb, 0.4% Zn and 0.01% Cu over 2.6 m; 0.65% Zn and 0.13% Cu over 1.1 m. Mineralization included pyrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite. Lithologies intersected included intermediate and mafic metavolcanic rocks with local graphitic sections. Alteration observed included chloritization, sericitization, silicification and carbonatization.



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