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Record: MDI53J01SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Arguing Lake North - 1962, Newconex - 1962
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Dec-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: East Of Derniere Lake Area

Latitude: 54° 2' 20.24"    Longitude: -90° 14' 24.14"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 680723.49   Northing: 5991380.16    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 53J01SE

Point Location Description: Location of DDH 2 from Assessment record 53J01SE8148

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1962: Newconex Canadian Exploration drilled 4 DDH totalling 551. 5 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
10 53J01SE8148 53J01SE8148

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Host
Breccia-unsubdivided 2 Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 15, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Newconex’s DDH 1 returned assays of up to 0.06% Cu and 0.02 oz/t Au (0.69 g/t Au) from andesite with patches and ribs of pyrite and pyrrhotite.



Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Big Trout Lake area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: R023 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hudec P.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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