Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000001052| Deposit Name(s) | Granite Bay East - 2005 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Mar-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Feb-12 |
| Created By | C Ravnaas |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Penassi Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 55' 59.91" Longitude: -91° 1' 40.1"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 641532 Northing: 5533080 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52G14NE
Point Location Description: Taken from sample location map in Assessment file AFRO 2.311740
Location Method: data compilation
Access Description: South shore of a small island located in Sturgeon Lake and this island is situated east of the narrows between Granite Bay and the main body of Sturgeon Lake.
2004: Unitronix Corp. carried out prospecting and sampling. 2005: Unitronix Corp. carried out prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.29269 | 20000000260 | Open |
| 2.27993 | 52G15NW2004 | Open |
| 2.31740 | 20000001200 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Sturgeon Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mafic metavolcanics | 1 | near | ||
| felsic metavolcanics | 2 | felsic schist | contains | |
| felsic intrusive | 3 | quartz-feldspar porphyry and granite | near | |
| vein | 4 | quartz | host |
03/07/2011 (C Ravnaas) - This part of Sturgeon Lake is underlain by mainly mafic volcanic rocks
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | malachite | economic | ore | ||||
| 1 | quartz | economic | gangue |
03/07/2011 (C Ravnaas) - A quartz vein sample DMH-05-01 collected by Unitronix returned 5282 ppb Au. The sample description also indicted malachite was noted in quartz. Reference: Unitronix Kenora Assessment File 20000001200 - AFRO 2.31740 Sample 354752 collected in 2005 sampling program of a quartz vein returned 16.19 g/t Au and samples 910177 returned 2.24 g/t Au and sample 910188 also of quartz veins returned 11.81 g/t Au. Reference: Unitronix Kenora Assessment File 20000000260 - AFRO 2.29269
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