| Lat / long: | 49.25001, -89.58342 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stratiform |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| 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. |
| 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. |