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Record: MDI52G15NW00024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Barge Lake - 1970
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Six Mile Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 54' 37.68"    Longitude: -90° 49' 25.38"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 656250.86   Northing: 5530946.67    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52G15NW

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1969: Norlex Mines Ltd. conducted an airborne magnetometer and EM survey and drilled 6 DDH totalling 829.8 m. 1972: Norlex carried out geological mapping and magnetic and EM surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52G15NW FN-0085 52G15NW0045 52G15NW0045
52G15SE N-0020 52G16SW0013 52G16SW0013
52G15SE O-0021 52G16SW0011 52G16SW0011
52G15NW FY-0092C1 52G15NW0146 52G15NW0146
52G15NW0013C1 52G15NW0094 52G15NW0094

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Sturgeon Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Tuff Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Feb 13, 2020 (R Tuomi) - DDH NX-4 intersected thin zone at 368 ft which assayed 0.58% Zn and 0.18% Cu/1 ft from 368-369’ in a massive grey silicified tuffs with weak chalcopyrite mineralization (Assessment report 52G15NW0045).



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