Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002370

Deposit: MDI000000002370

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) McKinnon Reef - 1973
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2020-Jan-13
Date Last Modified 2020-Jan-13
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: gold

Location

Township or Area: Glass

Latitude: 49° 35' 35.5"    Longitude: -94° 58' 10.68"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 357659   Northing: 5495265    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52E10SW

Point Location Description: Drillholes from Assessment report 52E10SW8557

Location Method: data compilation

Exploration and Mining History

1973: Kenora Prospectors and Miners Ltd (KPM) carried out sampling. 1982: Denison Mines Ltd. carried out sampling. 1985: St. Joe Canada optioned the property from Kenora Prospectors and Miners. 1986-88: Bond Gold (formerly St. Joe Canada) drilled 4 DDH.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
63.5290     52E10SW8557     Open
63.3469     52E10SW8558     Open
38     52E10SW8513     Open
63.5293     52E10SW8559     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
vein 1 quartz host
felsic intrusive 2 granodiorite contains

Lithology Comments

01/13/2020 (T Pettigrew) - On McKinnon Reef, northeast of Cedar Island, there is a stockwork of interlaced quartz veins in grey granodiorite. It is exposed for w width of 15 to 20 feet on the reef (Assessment report 52E10SW8558).

Mineralization

Deposit Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Habit Description
1 gold economic ore
1 quartz economic gangue

Mineralization Comments

01/13/2020 (T Pettigrew) - A total of four holes (K86-01, K87-111 and K88-113, 115) have intersected sulphidized alteration zones and mineralized quartz veins located 225 m north of the Cedar Island Mainland Zone. The holes have returned gold values up to 13.03 g/t Au over 1.0 m (Assessment report 52E10SW8557). The zone contains two narrow but very rich quartz veins, the most northerly of which contains much free gold. Grab samples showing no visible gold assayed as high as 11 ounces per ton, Extensions of the veins are under water (Assessment report 52E10SW8558). Select samples taken by Denison Mines in 1982 from McKinnon Reef ran 1.45 oz Au/ton over 3 inches (49.7 g/t Au over 7.62 cm) and 3.51 oz Au/ton over 3 inches (120.3 g/t Au over 7.62 cm) (Assessment report 52E10SW8559).

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For detailed information regarding this mineral deposit please contact the Kenora Resident Geologist District Office