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Record: MDI52E10SW00109

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Question Lake - 1970
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1999-Dec-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Shoal Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 32' 29.75"    Longitude: -94° 47' 55.93"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 369862   Northing: 5489220    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52E10SW

Point Location Description: DDH 10W-2 from Assessment report 52E10SW8537

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1969-70: Phelps Dodge Corp. conducted airborne Mag and EM surveys and drilled 201 m of DD in two holes. 1974: airborne Mag and EM surveys. 1987: Canadian Nickel Company Ltd. conducted airborne Mag and EM surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
14 52E10SW8537 52E10SW8537
2.9692 52E10SW8580 52E10SW8580
2.10131 52E10SE8573 52E10SE8573

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Geological Age: Archean  



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
1PyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3SphaleriteEconomicOre
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 28, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Best intersection in DDH 10W-2 assayed 0.06% Cu and 0.36% Zn over 3.0 m from a tuffaceous pyrrhotite dacite schist, with up to 25% pyrrhotite and minor sphalerite and chalcopyrite. DDH 10W-1 returned up to 0.6% Cy and 0.16% Zn over 3.0 m from a carbonatized biotite-granite schist containing sulphides such as pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite (Assessment report 52E10SW8537).



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