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MDI52F12SE00009
| Record Name(s) | Orchan - 1955, Stoat Lake - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite
Township or Area: Fisher Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 35' 27.07" Longitude: -93° 32' 53.67"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 460376.8 Northing: 5493285.78 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F12SE
Point Location Description: Forty-four mile southeast of Kenora, Fisher Lake Area, southwest of Stoat Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1955: Orchan Uranium Mines Ltd. carried out surface work on a gossan zone at the southwest end of Stoat Lake. Three trenches totalling 100 feet were dug. 1997: Champion Bear Resources Ltd. conducted geological mapping, prospecting, and rock sampling. 1997: Phelps Dodge Corporation of Canada Ltd. conducted prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.17840 | 52F12SE0021 | 52F12SE0021 |
| 2.18334 | 52F12NE2001 | 52F12NE2001 |
| SELCO N-1 | 52F11NE0251 | 52F11NE0251 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - Disseminated and streaky pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite in greenstone occurs in an area midway between Lava and Easter Chicken lakes. A band of sediments and greenstones strikes northeast from Populus Lake. The band is up to ten miles wide at the north end of Populus Lake, where the Kenbridge mine is located. Further north, in the vicinity of Fisher Lake, it is not as wide. (Kenora Historical File 52F12SE00008, Boylen)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Felsic Tuff | 2 | Tuffs And Fragmentals | ||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 |
Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - Copper mineralization occurs in a gossan zone near the contact of Early Precambrian mafic matavolcanics and sediments. (Kenora Historical File 52F12SE00008, Boylen)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - Grab samples averaged 0.01% Cu (Kenora Historical File 52F12SE00009, Orchan)
Nov 24, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - A large narrow gossan zone extends from a point west of the SW end of Fisher Lake to the SW corner of Stoat Lake. (Davies and Watowich, 1956). Champion Bear collected samples in the area which returned assays of 6 ppb Au, 210 ppm Zn, and 105 ppm Co (AFRI 52F12SE0021). None of the samples collected by Phelps Dodge in 1997 returned assays with any significant values (52F12NE2001).
Part - Geology of the Populus Lake area
Publication Number: ARV65-04 Page: 21 Date: 1997
Author: Davies J.C., Watowich S.N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Journal - Kenora Historical File 52F12SE00009 - Orchan, 1971, 1976
Publication Number: Date: 2011
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Location: KENORA GEOLOGY OFFICE ONLY
Mono - Preliminary report on the geology of the Populus Lake area
Publication Number: S005 Date: 1956
Author: Davies J.C., Watowich S.N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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