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Record: MDI52G14SE00031

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Valora - 1971, New Calumet-Zenmac - 1970
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Valora Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 46' 46.27"    Longitude: -91° 13' 44.48"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 627497   Northing: 5515622    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52G14SE

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole 5 from Assessment report 52G14SE9174

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1970-71: New Calumet Mines Ltd. and Zenmac Metal Mines conducted airborne Input EM and magnetometer surveys, ground geophysical surveys, prospecting and drilled 5 DDH totalling 564.5 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52G14SE B-2 52G14SE9174 52G14SE9174
52G14SE CU-0067 52G14SE0068 52G14SE0068

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Sturgeon Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH 5 assayed up to 0.25% Cu and 0.05% Ni over 4’ (1.2 m) from a rhyolitic dacite tuff with little quartz stringers and heavy pyrrhotite and pyrite mineralization (Assessment report 52G14SE9174).



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