Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002323| Deposit Name(s) | North Caribou River Au - 1989 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2019-Aug-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2019-Aug-19 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Randall Lake Area
Latitude: 52° 52' 9.65" Longitude: -91° 5' 56.79"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 627948 Northing: 5859429 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 53B14SE
Point Location Description: Figure 10 in OFR5698
Location Method: data compilation
1979: St. Joseph Explorations Ltd. drilled 1 DDH. 1984: OGS staff discovered and sampled the showing during a mapping program. 1985: Moss Resources carried out mapping, sampling, VLF-EM and magnetic surveys. 1988: Power Explorations drilled 1 DDH totaling 235.37 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 53B14SE0011C1 | 53B14SE0010 | Open Open |
| 16 | 53B14SE0002 | Open |
| 2.8799 | 53B14SE9437 | Open |
| 2.8098 | 53B14NE9438 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Belt: North Caribou
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| porphyry | 1 | quartz | host | |
| iron formation | 2 | near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | arsenopyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 1 | tourmaline | economic | gangue |
08/19/2019 (T Pettigrew) - At the showing location, due south of Center Lake, a grab sample from an outcrop of quartz- and sericite-altered quartz porphyry, containing disseminated pyrite, gave a value of 2870 ppb gold. A drill hole collared at this location by St. Joseph Exploration Ltd. intersected 1.5 m of quartz porphyry containing 5-10% pyrite-tourmaline veins and 350 ppb Au (Breaks et al., 1989).
Map - Precambrian Geology of Eyapamikama Lake Area
Publication Number: P2834 Scale: 1:31 680 Date: 1985
Author: Bartlett, J.R., Breaks, F.W., DeKemp, E.A., and Shields, H.N.
Publisher Name: OGS
Publication - The Geology of Gold Prospects in the North Caribou Lake Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: OFR5698 Date: 1989
Author: Breaks, F.W., Piroshco, D.W., and Osmani, I.A.
Publisher Name: OGS
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