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Record: MDI52G15NW00017

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) WP Bay - 1972
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

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Gtp Block 7

Latitude: 49° 52' 53.32"    Longitude: -90° 59' 48.84"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 643904   Northing: 5527377    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52G15NW

Point Location Description: Survey location of DDH SL-15-72-38 in Assessment report 52G15NW0110

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1970-72: Mattagami Lake conducted drilling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52G-15NW-25-A 52G15NW0110 52G15NW0110

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Sturgeon Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Tuff 1 Quartz Eye Rhyolite Tuffs Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Andesite Near
Felsic Agglomerate 5 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH SL-15-72-28 returned assays of up to 3.3% Zn, 1.2 oz/t Ag, 0.42% Cu, and 0.31% Pb from a quartz eye rhyolite micro agglomerate with up to 15% sphalerite, 40-50% pyrite and pyrrhotite, and 1-2% chalcopyrite (Assessment report 52G15NW0110).



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