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| Record Name(s) | Bj12 - 1897 |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2017-Nov-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Lead
Township or Area: Kabik Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 55' 32.51" Longitude: -92° 8' 37.35"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 561462 Northing: 5530721 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F16NW
Point Location Description: From AMIS
Location Method: Data Compilation
1897: E.E. Harvey and Associates of Winnipeg sank a 35 ft shaft.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Greywacke And Slate |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | |||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Nov 27, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - This occurrence is situated on the north side of the entrance to Southwest Bay of Minnitaki Lake. The rocks on this location consist of greywacke and slate, belonging to the Minnitaki Sedimentary bet, and patches of greenstone. These formation have been cut by numerous granite dykes (Hurst, 1932).
| 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 27, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - A shaft was sunk to a depth of 35 feet on a quartz vein associated with a granite dyke. The vein is only exposed near the shaft, where it has a width of 5-6 feet. The quartz contains some pyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena (Hurst, 1932). No assays have been reported.
Map - Western Minnitaki Lake area, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2155 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1969
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Sioux Lookout area
Publication Number: ARV41-06.001 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hurst M.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the western Minnitaki Lake area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R075 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Mines of northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV08-01.004 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Bow J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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