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Record: MDI52K16SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Brunhurst - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Jun-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-15
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

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.



Exploration History

1956-57: Brunhurst Mines Ltd. conducted ground EM and magnetometer surveys and drilled 12 DH totalling 1678.2 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
11 52K16SE0003 52K16SE0003
63.812 52K16NE0019 52K16NE0019

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 quartz biotite Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Near
Pegmatite 3 Near

Lithology Comments

Aug 13, 2020 (Bill Paterson) - All drilling intersected predominantly quartz-biotite gneiss with minor hornblende schist and lesser pegmatite dykes.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

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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