Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Windigo River - 1969, Windigo South - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Nov-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Kippen Lake Area
Latitude: 53° 16' 31.23" Longitude: -91° 49' 44.39"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 578083.95 Northing: 5903540.29 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 53G05SW
Point Location Description: Cu symbol on OGS map M2163
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 150 airmile NW of Pickle Lake or 180 mile NNE of Red Lake. Reserve of Muskrat Dam is approx 15 miles down river from the property. Access by float plane
1969: Showing was discovered by OGS staff during a mapping project. No assessment reports were found on file.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Terrane: North Caribou
Belt: Muskrat Dam Lake
Geological Age: Cenozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Metagabbro Sill | Contains |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 15, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Two sulphide mineral concentrations were found in a metagabbro sill east of the Windigo River. At the north locality, 5 to 10% disseminated pyrite, sparse 1-2 mm wide pyrite veins, and rare chalcopyrite are associated with numerous poorly mineralized quartz lenses as much as 2 feet wide in a sheared phase of the sill. The mineralized zone was traced along strike for several hundred feet. Two grab samples collected by OGS staff member L. Ayers from this zone gave upon assay trace to 0.1 percent copper and trace amounts of gold and nickel. About 2 miles south of the above locality, rare lenses of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite as much as 6 inches long were found in the sill. A grab sample collected by L Ayers from one lens contained 1.22 percent copper and a trace amount of gold (Ayres, 1969).
Map - Sandhill Crane Island sheet, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2163 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1969
Author: Ayres L.D., Hudec P.P.
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: 62 Date: 1969
Author: Ayres L.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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