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Record: MDI52M01SE00183

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West Narrows - 1966, DDH 66-84 - 1966, Trout Bay - 1966
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1979-May-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Titanium, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Ball

Latitude: 51° 1' 28.96"    Longitude: -94° 11' 9.68"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 416822.76   Northing: 5653242.06    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52M01SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: SOUTH WESTERN EDGE OF WEST NARROWS, 16 MILES W OF RED LAKE.



Exploration History

1965-66: Cocheneur Exploration Ltd. drilled 4 DDH totalling 169.1 m. 2001: Goldcorp carried out mapping and sampling. 2003-4: Goldcorp carried out prospecting and sampling. 2011: Halo Resources carried out mapping and sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.53967 20000008859 20000008859
2.29219 52M01SE2041 52M01SE2041
2.23827 52M01SE2018 52M01SE2018
26 52M01SE0180 52M01SE0180

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: U. Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Graphitic Sulphides Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 14, 2020 (A Wilson) - Ni values ranged from 0.01% to 0.10%, Ti values ranged from 0.05% to 0.50%. Vn values ranges from 0.01% to 0.10%. Sample 8412 was taken from a graphitic argillite containing 10-15% pyrrhotite, occasional small lenses of chalcopyrite, and some pyrite (Assessment report 52M01SE0180).


Aug 14, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Samples collected in the area in 2011 returned 0.001-0.004 ppm Au, up to 55.5 ppm Co, up to 44.4 ppm Cu, up to 677 ppm Ni, up to 0.022% Ti, and up to 27 ppm V (Assessment report 20000008859).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files Ball #28

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Location: Red Lake RGP office


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