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MDI52F12SE00010
| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge - Populus Lake - 1954, Lava Lake - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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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, Nickel
Township or Area: Fisher Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 30' 35.08" Longitude: -93° 36' 40.7"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 455745.81 Northing: 5484303.64 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F12SE
Point Location Description: Location of DDH P-9 from AFRI 52F12SE8164
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1954: Staked by Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. 1955: Falconbridge conducted an aeromagnetic survey. 1956: 14 drill holes totalling 6415 feet, aeromagnetic, aeroelectromagnetic and aeroradiometric surveys, ground magnetic, ground electromagnetic and geological surveys by Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 14 | 52F12SE8164 | 52F12SE8164 |
| 13 | 52F12SE0017 | 52F12SE0017 |
| 63.628 | 52F12SE0010 | 52F12SE0010 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - Disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite are disseminated in Early Precambrian mafic volcanics. (Kenora Historical File 52F12SE00010, Falconbridge)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Host | ||
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Rhyolite | Host |
Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - Greywacke, rhyolite, and andesite were the principal rock types intersected by the drilling, with pyrrhotite in narrow slaty beds, associated with both greywacke and massive rhyolite. Base metal sulphide minerals were not encountered. (Kenora Historical File 52F12SE00010, Falconbridge)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - Nothing of economic value was indicated from drill core. (Kenora Historical File 52F12SE00010, Falconbridge)
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 167 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 17 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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