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Record: MDI52L07NW00042

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Werner Lake Cobalt - West Zone - 1928
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Werner Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 28' 10.05"    Longitude: -94° 58' 43.89"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 359572.09   Northing: 5592699.89    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52L07NW

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1920: sampling. 1928-32: trenching and sampling. 1942: sampling and geological survey. Unknown amount of DD. 1994-1999: ground and airborne geophysical surveys. Extensive DD, underground development, bulk sampling.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 04, 2022 (Q Unknown) - 1920: Samples assayed 2.08% Co over 3.0 m. 1928-32: Chip samples assayed: 0.07% Co over 3.4 m; 0.09% Co over 3.0 m; 0.15% Co over 6.1 m; and 0.22% Co over 6.2 m. 1994-99: Chip sampling across the development face returned values as high as 20% Co over 1.8 m. Undiluted reserve and resource calculated at 1.1 Mt grading 0.31% cobalt, 0.29% copper and 0.011 ounce per ton gold.



Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Werner Lake Cobalt - West Zone 1980 Unclassified 1100000 Cobalt 0.31 Percent, Copper 0.29 Percent, Gold 0.011 Ounce per Ton
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1997 10000 2018 NI 43-101 No grade or weight of cobalt produced reported

References

File - Resident Geologist files 52L07NW S-1

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kenora RGP office


Thesis - A Cobalt Occurrence near Werner Lake

Publication Number: BSc Thesis Date: 1955

Author: Chown, E.H.

Publisher Name: Queens University

Location: Kenora RGP


Journal - The Precambrian, April 1949 Vol. 22

Publication Number: Page: 53  Date: 1949

Author:

Publisher Name: Sanford Evans

Location:


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