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| Record Name(s) | Lateral Lake - 1963, Denison Mines - 1963 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Feb-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Echo
Latitude: 49° 56' 37.31" Longitude: -92° 22' 36.38"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 544717 Northing: 5532557 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F16NW
Point Location Description: DDH 3 from Assessment report 52F16NW0089
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1963: Denison Mines Ltd. drilled 12 DDH totalling 1255.2 m. 1980: Pidgeon Molybdenum Mines Ltd. drilled 4 DDH totalling 326.4 m. 1981: Pidgeon Molybdenum Mines drilled 2 DDH totalling 234.4 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52F16NW0011C1 | 52F16NW0089 | 52F16NW0089 |
| W8003.00038 | 52F16NW0057 | 52F16NW0057 |
| 52F16NW0015B1 | 52F16NW0048 | 52F16NW0048 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Granite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Mineralization is confined to the granite-sediment contact on the north and south margins of the Lateral Lake stock (Johnston, 1968). DDH 3 returned 0.15% MoS2 over 0.5 feet (15 cm) from a granite with pyrite and molybdenite (Assessment report 52F16NW0089). DDH 75 returned up to 0.1% Mo over 0.9 feet (27 cm) in granodiorite and associated quartz veins from 109.5-110.4’; 0.5% Mo over 0.5’ from 111.7-112.2’; and 0.3% Mo over 1.5 feet (0.45 m) from 114-115.5’ (Assessment report 52F16NW0048).
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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