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Record: MDI52F16NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Franciscan Lake - 1950, North Denison Prospect - 1950
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Echo

Latitude: 49° 53' 54.36"    Longitude: -92° 17' 55.2"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 550368   Northing: 5527574    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F16NW

Point Location Description: DDH from Assessment report 52F16NW0080

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1950: North Denison Mines drilled 3 DDH totalling 824.5 m. 1973: Goldlund Mines Ltd. drilled 3 DDH totalling 110 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52F16NW F-0010 52F16NW0082 52F16NW0082
52F16NW0013D1 52F16NW0080 52F16NW0080

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Greywacke
Ironstone-unsubdivided 2 Hanging Wall

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2TourmalineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jun 29, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The iron formation contains quartz and is heavily mineralized with pyrrhotite and pyrite. In DDH 1, the iron formation returned assays up to 0.04 oz/t Au over 5 feet (1.37 g/t Au over 1.52 m). A quartz veinlet with pyrite and tourmaline in DDH 3 returned 0.03 oz/t Au (1.03 g/t Au). (Assessment report 52F16NW0082).



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