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MDI000000000221
| Record Name(s) | CP-8 - 1988 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2006-Dec-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Connell
Latitude: 51° 29' 28.81" Longitude: -90° 6' 2.58"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 701266 Northing: 5708452 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O08NE
Point Location Description: ddh database
Location Method: Data Compilation
Central Patricia Mine Property: 1929: Trenching and diamond drilling of Central Patricia deposit by Central Patricia Mines. Trenching of No. 6 vein on Springer claims. 1930: Exploration shaft sunk at Central Patricia deposit. 1934-1951: Production of 621,806 ounces of gold and 58,349 ounces of silver from 1,729,248 tons of milled ore from the Central Patricia Mine. 1935: Exploration shaft sunk on Springer Claims. 1938-1940: Production of 13,158 ounces of gold from 18,886 tons of milled ore from Central Patricia No. 2 Shaft. 1980-1986: Geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys and diamond drilling by Golden Shadow Resources. 1986-1989: Geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys and diamond drilling by Noramco Exploration for Quinterra Resources and Pure Gold Resources. 2003 - 2006: Geological surveys and diamond drilling by King's Bay Gold and Richview Resources.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.5189 | 52O09SE0024 | 52O09SE0024 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Pickle Lake
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Dec 29, 2006 (Mark Puumala) - The geology of the Central Patricia area is described in MDI52O08NE00008.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Dec 29, 2006 (Mark Puumala) - The CP-8 occurrence is based on a reported assay of 0.047 oz/ton Au over 0.76 m in mafic metavolcanic rocks in Noramco ddh CP-87-8 (Evoy 1988). This occurrence appears to be along strike with the CP-12 occurrence, which is located approximately 600 m west-northwest.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
Map - Geological series, Crow River area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: P1009 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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