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Record: MDI000000002118

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Oro Grande Zone - 2023, Zone 3 - 1947
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2017-Nov-27
Date Last Modified 2023-Dec-12
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Parnes Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 59' 2.43"    Longitude: -91° 59' 22"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 572447   Northing: 5537342    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52G13NW

Point Location Description: Map in AFRI 52G13NW2001

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1972: Shilo Mines Ltd. acquired the property, compiled the history of the property, and conducted EM and magnetic surveys. 1998: Triex Resources Ltd. conducted prospecting, geological mapping, and sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.19094 52G13NW2001 52G13NW2001
52G13NW0025 52G13NW0027 52G13NW0027
2.7568 52G13NW0008 52G13NW0008
52G13NW0027 52G13NW0015 52G13NW0015
52G13NW0026A1 52G13NW0031 52G13NW0031

Geology

Province: Superior

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Nov 27, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - Grab samples from Zone 3 were from a poorly exposed quartz vein containing abundant chloritic wall rock zenoliths (AFRI 52G13NW2001).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2GoldEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
SilicaAlterationSilicification1UnknownDisseminated
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization2UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Nov 27, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - A strong shearing about 300 feet wide is exposed in places alog nthe north shore of Pickerel Arm, across Zone 3 and continues across the south part of Burnthut Island (AFRI 52G13NW0031). Samples collected during Triex’s 1998 program returned assays of 1226, 1244, 2557, 5253, and 8060 ppb Au (AFRI 52G13NW2001).



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