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Record: MDI52G13NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Benedickson - 1970, Noranda - 1970
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Apr-28
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Benedickson

Latitude: 49° 58' 43.12"    Longitude: -91° 39' 52.46"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 595747.22   Northing: 5537110.93    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52G13NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1970: Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. conducted ground EM and magnetic surveys, and drilled 10 DDH totalling 1166.2 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.197 / SL 1970 52G13NE-0034 52G13NE9230 52G13NE9230
52G13NE0023A1 52G13NE0051 52G13NE0051
52G13NE0010A1 52G13NE0022 52G13NE0022

Geology

Province: Superior

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Siltstone 1 Graphitic Argillite Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 22, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - Pyrite and pyrrhotite mineralization occurs in graphitic argillites in contact with interbedded felsic and intermediate volcanics. Drill core from DDH BI-3-70 averaged 0.07% Zn, with the best assay being 0.11% Zn over 7.6 m (Assessment report 52G13NE0022).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Loggers Lake, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2477 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1983

Author: Trowell N.F., Bartlett J.R., Sutcliffe R.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Flying Loon Lake area, District of Kenora

Publication Number: R224 Page: 96  Date: 1983

Author: Trowell N.F., Bartlett J.R., Sutcliffe R.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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