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MDI000000002118
| Record Name(s) | Oro Grande Zone - 2023, Zone 3 - 1998 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2017-Nov-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jun-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
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
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. 2018-2019: BTU Mineral Inc. carried out prospecting, sampling, assaying and analyses. 2023: W. Kuran carried out overburden stripping, prospecting, assaying and analyses.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.19094 | 52G13NW2001 | 52G13NW2001 |
| 52G13NW0025 | 52G13NW0027 | 52G13NW0027 |
| 2.7568 | 52G13NW0008 | 52G13NW0008 |
| 52G13NW0027 | 52G13NW0015 | 52G13NW0015 |
| 52G13NW0026A1 | 52G13NW0031 | 52G13NW0031 |
| 20000021572 | 20000021572 | |
| 52G13NW 0046 | 20000017087 | 20000017087 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Terrane: Western Wabigoon
Belt: Abram-Minnitaki Lakes
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz, quartz-carbonate | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Host |
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).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Jun 04, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - a 2023 sampling and assaying program unveiled a new mineralized showing. Best assays returned 595 ppm gold from Oro Grande vein. Various samples from the new vein (Smoky Vein) showing assayed between 18 ppm up to 520 ppm of gold (File 20000021572).
Nov 27, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - A strong shearing about 300 feet wide is exposed in places along the 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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