Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Trout Bay No. 2 Nickel - 1960, Trout Bay Nickel - 1960 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1984-Mar-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Mar-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Township or Area: Mulcahy
Latitude: 51° 0' 2.23" Longitude: -94° 12' 21.7"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 415376 Northing: 5650586 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01SE
Point Location Description: Trout Bay Nickel ore zone on OGS map M2295
Location Method: Data Compilation
1960-61: Cochenour Willans Gold Mines Ltd. carried out trenching, SP survey, diamond drilling, including 4 DDH totalling 261.3 m. 1962: Cochenour Willans carried out trenching, geological, magnetometer, EM, and SP surveys and 7069.29 m of diamond drilling. 2000: Goldcorp Inc. carried out mapping, trenching, sampling, and drilled 2 DDH totalling 613 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52L16NE-0011 | 20000006227 | 20000006227 |
| 2.21430 | 52M01SE2013 | 52M01SE2013 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Massive To Flow Breccia | Near | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 4 | Oxide Facies | Near | |
| Mudstone | 5 | Argillaceous Sedimentary Rocks | Near | |
| Gabbro | 6 | Gabbro | Sill | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The stratigraphic succession in the vicinity of the prospect is comprised of mafic flows at the base, overlain by thin units of black carbonaceous sediments, which are in turn overlain by argillaceous sedimentary rocks. The sedimentary rocks are overlain by a thin unit of mafic flow breccia and oxide facies iron formation. The uppermost unit is comprised of mafic flows. Rock units strike NW-SE and dip to the NE. Stratigraphic tops are to the NE. The volcanic and sedimentary rocks have been intruded by several differentiated gabbro sills. Metamorphic grade in the area has attained amphibolite facies. Mineralization is hosted in a sheared and altered ultramafic sill in iron formation. Copper-nickel mineralization occurs in an antigorite-tremolite schist along the stratigraphic top of a chert-magnetite iron formation. The schist represents a sheared and altered basal portion of a metagabbro sill. Mineralization in the form of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite and pyrite occurs as disseminations or elongate lenticles in the antigorite-tremolite schist. The zone has been traced intermittently over a distance of 3.6 km.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Medium | Veins | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Medium | Network | ||
| Pyrite | Alteration | Sulphidation | 3 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Nov 12, 2014 (K R Kettles) - The best zone of mineralization graded approximately 0.50% Ni and 0.25% Cu. This zone is over 120 m long with a maximum thickness of 10 m. The zone extends to a vertical depth of 140 m.
Jul 14, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Grab samples collected in the area of the showing in 2000 returned up to 1440 ppb Pd, 430 ppb Pt, 3220 ppm Cu, and 6020 ppm Ni. DDH TB-0001 returned up to 3110 ppm Ni over 0.8 m, 1630 ppm Cu over 1.7 m, and 498 ppb Pd and 145 ppb Pt over 1.7 m. DDH TB-0002 returned up to 7530 ppm Ni, 2230 ppb Pd, and 490 ppb Pt over 1.5 m, and 2940 ppm Cu over 0.8 m. (Assessment report 52M01SE2013).
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - In the vicinity of the prospect rocks have been carbonatized, silicified and contain abundant disseminated pyrite.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes, T. 2008 Assessment #20000000689 |
Article - Mulcahy Township (north half), District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: MP022.003 Page: 10-12 Date: 1997
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Mulcahy Township, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2295 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1976
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 155 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 606-607 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: RGF 1963 Date: 1963
Author: Kuryliw, C.J.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
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