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Record: MDI52G05SE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Olson West - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Aug-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Graphite



Location

Township or Area: McNamara Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 18' 3.75"    Longitude: -91° 41' 40.38"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 594906   Northing: 5461742    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52G05SE

Point Location Description: claims on Fig 5, p. 60 ARV50-2

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Raleigh Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 04, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Assays: up to $2.75/ton Au (1938; 0.079 oz/t based on $35 gold price), 14% graphite from graphite schist.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Ignace sheet, southwest quarter, Kenora District, Ontario, 12p.

Publication Number: Paper 38-13 Date: 1938

Author: Tanton, T.L.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101128


Part - Geology of the Dryden-Wabigoon area

Publication Number: ARV50-02 Page: 61  Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Dryden-Wabigoon area, District of Kenora, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM50E Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of the Central Wabigoon Subprovince, Northwestern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5422 Date: 2010

Author: Stone D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Ignace Area

Publication Number: P3360-REV Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2007

Author: Stone D., Hallé J., Lange M., Hellebrandt B., Chaloux E.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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