Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52K16SE00002
Record Name(s) | Brunhurst - 1956 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1984-Jun-13 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Wesley Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 52' 28.51" Longitude: -92° 2' 14.05"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 567738 Northing: 5636320 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K16SE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located approx. 90 km ENE of Ear Falls with access by float-equipped aircraft to small un-named lake on Wesley River and then by canoe or approx. 110 km on logging roads east of Ear Falls to within 1 km of location.
1956-57: Brunhurst Mines Ltd. conducted ground EM and magnetometer surveys and drilled 12 DH totalling 1678.2 m.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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11 | 52K16SE0003 | 52K16SE0003 |
63.812 | 52K16NE0019 | 52K16NE0019 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | quartz biotite | Host |
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Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
Pegmatite | 3 | Near |
Aug 13, 2020 (Bill Paterson) - All drilling intersected predominantly quartz-biotite gneiss with minor hornblende schist and lesser pegmatite dykes.
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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 15, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite with a trace of chalcopyrite occur in Early Precambrian quartz biotite gneiss (SMDR 00538).
Aug 13, 2020 (Bill Paterson) - DDH #2: 0.05% Cu over 5 ft in altered quartz-biotite gneiss with sparse disseminated pyrite/pyrrhotite and trace chalcopyrite
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