Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52K15NE00013| Deposit Name(s) | Slate Lake Cu-zn-ag - 1980 |
|---|---|
| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2019-Apr-10 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: copper, zinc, silver
Township or Area: Slate Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 58' 17.08" Longitude: -92° 35' 18.62"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 528892 Northing: 5646726 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K15NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: data compilation
Source Map: P2407
Sources Map Scale: 1:15 840
Access Description: 60 km North east of Ear Falls and 90 km East of Red Lake. Access to the property area is provided by an all-weather logging road to within 0.5 km of Slate Lake and then by boat or snowmobile.
1979: St Joseph Exploration Ltd. Carried out a regional airborne survey, geological mapping, magnetometer and HLEM surveys and drilled 4 DDH. 1994: Cumberland Resources carried out a reconnaissance geological mapping survey in addition to whole-rock geochemistry and a 24 km Crone PEM survey. 1996: a diamond drill program consisting of one hole for a total of 313.64 m was carried out by Cumberland Resources Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| OM94-059 | 52K15NE2003 | Open |
| 14 | 52K15NE0028 | Open |
| 2.2973 | 52K15NE0022 | Open |
| 2.16109 | 52K15NE0004 | Open |
| 2.2758 | 52K15NE0024 | Open |
| 2.16340 | 52K15NE0003 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Belt: Birch-uchi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| intermediate metavolcanics | 1 | dacitic tuff | host | |
| felsic metavolcanics | 2 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 3 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
| 4 | sphalerite | economic | ore |
02/07/2012 (A Mckee) - DDH 3191-2-80 returned assays of 9.06% Zn, 0.51% Cu and 1.16 g/t Ag over 0.09 m (Assessment report 52K15NE0028).
04/10/2019 (T Pettigrew) - Four closely-spaced holes were drilled in 1879-80. DDH 3-79 encountered a banded massive sulphide horizon at a vertical depth of 50 m which assayed 1.84% Cu and 5.84% Zn over 0.5 m. DDH 8-79 was drilled 20 m below DDH 3-79 and intersected 11.6% Cu, 8.36% Zn, ad 3.42 oz/t Ag over 0.25 m. DDH 1-80 was drilled 45 m below hole 8-79 and encountered 8.70% Cu, 7.05% Zn and 2.17 oz/t Ag over 0.5 m. DDH 2-80 was located 100 m west and intersected 0.52% Cu and 1.75% Zn over 0.6 m. The drillholes intersected a massive sulphide horizon which is defined by a 900 m long HLEM anomaly (Assessment report 52K15NE2003).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | vms base metal |
Map - Precambrian Geology Of The Slate Lake Area - West
Publication Number: P2407 Scale: 1:15 840 Date: 1981
Publisher Name: OGS
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