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Record: MDI52N04NE00066

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) C. W. Peterson GF-FIP#5 - 1976
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1996-Dec-28
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-12
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Fairlie

Latitude: 51° 2' 2.04"    Longitude: -93° 56' 52.37"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 433536.65   Northing: 5654022.06    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04NE

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description:



Exploration History

1961: The property was covered by a group of claims held by Alcon Exploration and Mining Syndicate Limited. Five diamond drill holes were completed in the area by Alcon. 1976: The property was aquired by C. W. Peterson. Three diamond drill holes were completed in the area. 1982: The property was optioned by Goldfields Mining Corporation. One diamond drill hole was completed by Goldfields.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52N04SW9961 52N04SW9961
52N05SE2011 52N05SE2011

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Geology Comments

Oct 31, 2014 (K R Kettles) - The occurence is underlain by mafic metavolcanic flows, mafic intrusives, and chemical metasedimentary interflow units. The metavolcanic flows are massive to pillowed, with tops indicated to the northeast. The flows are variolitic in some areas. The chemical metasedimentary rocks are composed of alternating bands of chert, graphite and graphitic cherts, and the sulphide content varies from nil to 75% over 5 to 8 cm. The mafic intrusive rocks are primarily gabbroic in composition, massive and equigranular. Intense carbonate veining is common within the intrusive. Two zones of anomalous values were noted in drill core. The variolitic metavolcanics are highly carbonized, and gold appears to be anomalously high in quartz-carbonate veinlets and stringers. The chemical metasedimentary rocks contain anomalous values of silver, particularly in the graphitic.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Flows Variolitic Host
Chert 2 Graphitic Host
Vein 3 Quartz-Carbonate Veinlets And Stringers Host
Gabbro 4 Gabbro Massive And Equigranular Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
2SilverEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre
4PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2CarbonateEconomicGangue
3GraphiteEconomicGangue
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization1StrongNetwork
QuartzAlterationSilicification2StrongNetwork

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - A 30 cm section of drill core returned assays of 210 ppb Au and 1.6 ppm Ag and a 60 cm section of core assayed at 160 ppb Au.



Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The variolitic mafic volcanics and the mafic intrusives are highly carbonatized.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2

Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 481-482  Date: 1987

Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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