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Record: MDI53F08SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) O. J. Lingman - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-May-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Rottenfish River Area

Latitude: 53° 21' 13.27"    Longitude: -92° 22' 35.53"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 541498   Northing: 5911797.59    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 53F08SW

Point Location Description: sulphide symbol on M2162

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Remote.



Exploration History

In 1971 a geophysical survey, both magnetic and electromagnetic profiles was conducted in this area, following up a airborne EM and Mag survey. (Texas Gulf Sulphur Company) 1971 by Serem Ltd completed work in the area south of here.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Belt: Muskrat Dam Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Contains
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Nov 03, 2014 (A Wilson) - Pyrite-rich quartz lens in metagabbro sill enclosed within north-trending mafic metavolcanics.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 03, 2014 (A Wilson) - A grab sample returned 0.02 oz/t Au and 0.02% Cu



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

Map - Rottenfish River sheet, Kenora District

Publication Number: M2162 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1969

Author: Ayres L.D., Hudec P.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Operation Lingman Lake

Publication Number: MP027 Page: 26  Date: 1969

Author: Bennett G., Riley R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Muskrat Dam Lake area, District of Kenora

Publication Number: R074 Page: 60, Figure 7  Date: 1969

Author: Ayres L.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 246  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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