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Record: MDI52G14NE00020

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Portage Island - 1973
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1995-May-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Gtp Block 7

Latitude: 49° 52' 34.22"    Longitude: -91° 1' 45.98"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 641582   Northing: 5526725    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52G14NE, 52G14SE

Point Location Description: Location of DDH SL-15-73-41 from Assessment report 52G14SE0009

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1970: L.F. Labow drilled 1 DDH totalling 106.7 m. Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd. conducted EM and magnetic surveys. 1973-74: Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd. carried out drilling. 2011-12: Glencore Xstrata drilled 9 DDH totalling 5843 m. 2013: Glencore Xstrata drilled 11 DDH totalling 7,683 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52G/14SE-35 52G14SE0009 52G14SE0009
2.54762 20000014747 20000014747
52G14NE0016A1 52G14NE0042 52G14NE0042
2.54365 20000013530 20000013530
52G14SE-DG-0075 52G15NW0178 52G15NW0178

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Sturgeon Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Agglomerate 1 Rhyolite Agglomerate Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4GalenaEconomicOre
5PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
6GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH SL-15-73-41 assayed up to 12.0% Zn and 2.51 opt Ag from semi-massive sulphide lenses in a rhyolite agglomerate (Assessment report 52G14SE0009). DDH SL-15-73-57 assayed up to 0.535% Zn over 11.6 feet. DDH SL-15-74-60 assayed up to 0.47% Zn over 5 feet. DDH SL-15-74-63 assayed up to 0.27% Cu over 1.6 feet (Assessment report 52G14NE-0023). DDH SL-15-73-59 assayed up to 11.34% Zn, 4.31 opt Ag,1.37% Pb, 0.47% Cu, 0.013 opt Au (Assessment report 52G14NE-0032). DDH F-152, located at NAD83 Zone 15 641042 mE 5526728 mN, returned assays up to 12.05% Zn, 3.57% Cu, and 143 g/t Ag (Assessment report 20000014747).



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