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| Record Name(s) | Hawes - 1956, Stratmat Option - 1956 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Mar-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Forgotten Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 0' 12.04" Longitude: -94° 24' 38.42"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 398910 Northing: 5539956 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52L01SW
Point Location Description: Map in AFRI 52L01SW0004
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 2 miles (3.2 km) NW of Redditt. Access is readily gained by a 5 minute walk from the Redditt baseball field on the English River Road.
1956: Stratmat Ltd. conducted trenching, a geophysical survey, and 538 m of DD in 17 holes. 1988: R.M. Kuehnbaum staked the property. Historic pits were located and sampled. 1989: R.M. Kuehnbaum conducted grid cutting, VLF-EM and magnetic geophysical surveys, and geological mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 52L01SW0009 | 52L01SW0009 |
| 2.12952 | 52L01SW0004 | 52L01SW0004 |
| 52L01SW B-1 | 52L01SW0009 | 52L01SW0009 |
| 52L01SW F-1 | 52L01SW0004 | 52L01SW0004 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: English River
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
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| Granite | 2 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 18, 2018 (R Tuomi) - Sulphide zone is 61 m long and 8 m wide and contains chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pyrite, it. Mineralization occurs within a mafic dike and is reported to contain 2% combined Cu and Ni (although no channel samples have been taken).
Jan 18, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Hawes copper-nickel occurrence lies within a diabase-gabbro body emplaced in granitoid rocks of the English River Subprovince. The body is believed to be part of a regional Middle to Late Precambrian diabase dyke traceable to possibly as far south as Fort Frances. The copper-nickel mineralization consists of disseminated to reticulated pyrrhotite, local chalcopyrite, and rare pentlandite, and occurs adjacent to the barren western chilled contact (diabasic) phase of the dyke. The principal mineralization occurs in a lens about 12 m in length. The zone averages 0.44% Cu and 0.39% Ni across 0.88 m. A composite grab of selected sulphide-rich rubble from the northern pit returned 0.76% Cu and 0.15% Ni. Drilling by Stratamat Ltd. in 1956 shows that the principal lens on surface cannot be traced laterally or vertically for any significant distance. Significant mineralization (no assays available on Stratamat drill logs) was encountered in only 4 short X-Ray holes in the immediate vicinity of the surface showing (AFRI 52L01SW0004).
Map - Red Lake-Birch Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2175 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1970
Author: Ferguson S.A., Davies J.C., Brown D.D., Pryslak A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 17 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 168 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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