Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Moose Lake Trenches - 1957 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Sep-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum, Silver
Township or Area: Highstone Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 25' 15.68" Longitude: -91° 19' 12.9"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 619325 Northing: 5586792 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52J06NW
Point Location Description: Middle trench at contact between metasediments and felsic intrusives on OGS map M2063
Location Method: Data Compilation
Circa 1957: McCombe Mining and Exploration Ltd. carried out trenching, sampling, prospecting. 1959: McCombe flew an aeromag survey. 1968: Canadian Nickel Co. Ltd. drilled 2 DDH totalling 117 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52J06NW0010A1 | 52J06NW0006 | 52J06NW0006 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: English River
Terrane: English River Basins
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Granite | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 21, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected from the trenches in 1965 returned assays of 0.04, 0.12 and 0.03 oz/t Ag; 0.05, 0.85, 0.05, 0.03% Cu; 2.54% Zn; 0.41, 0.02 % molybdenum; trace Co.
Apr 29, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The mineralized zone has been exposed in trenches to about 150 feet (45.7 m) in width, with pyrite, massive pyrrhotite, some magnetite, and molybdenite (Hudec, 1965).
MonoMap - Geology of Highstone Lake-Miniss Lake area, districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R032 Page: 23-24 Date: 1997
Author: Hudec P.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 46 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Highstone Lake-Miniss Lake area, west sheet, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2063 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Hudec P.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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