Mine detail: Lac Des Iles

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Location

Lat / long:

49.25001, -89.58342

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Gold, Magnetite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Sericite, Serpentine, Spinel, Talc, Zoisite
Discovery year:	1974

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Gabbro,Norite,Anorthosite,Clinopyroxenite
Structure:	Mafic, Ultramafics Of Lac Des Iles Complex, Diabasic Sills And Dikes Intrude E-Ne Striking Granites, Gneisses, Mafic, Intermediate And Felsic Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks., Western Gabbroic Unit Layered By Accumulation.
Tectonic:	Precambrian Shield
Alteration processes:	Most Intense In Clinopyroxene-Rich Rocks. Alteration Is Deuteric, But Also A Result Of Fluids Mobilized During Eastern Gabbro And/Or Granitic Intrusion. Finally Metamorphosed To Amphibolite-Greenschist Facies.

References

MRDS	M046737
DEP	10039180
Reference	{Deposit:: LAC DES ILES PT - PD : THE NORTHERN MINER, FEB. 12 , 1976 ; OCT. 21 , 1976 , V. 62 , NO. 32 AND OCT. 28 , 1976}{Deposit:: WATKINSON AND DUNNING, 1979, GEOLOGY AND PT. GROUP MINERALIZATION, LAC DES ILES COMPLEX, NW ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17 PP. 453-562.}{Deposit:: 1976 DIREXPL BOSTON BAY MINES LTD.}{Deposit:: 1976 DIREXPL TEXASGULF}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Oster, Karel L.