Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002433| Deposit Name(s) | Para Lake East - 1981, Pure Gold Zones B And C - 1988 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 2020-Jul-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Jul-30 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Fairlie
Latitude: 51° 5' 9.68" Longitude: -93° 55' 43.25"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 434956 Northing: 5659801 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Sample 21001 on map in Assessment report 20000006235
Location Method: based on assessment
1981: Staked by Minorex Ltd., who carried out a geological survey and associated sampling of VLF-EM anomaly. 1988: Pure Gold Resources Inc. conducted prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| RL 1988 FAIRLIE #79 | ||
| 52N04SW0117 | 20000006235 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| intermediate to felsic metavolcanics | 1 | tuffs | contain pumaceous fragments | near |
| mudstone | 2 | argillite | adjacent | |
| epiclastic | 3 | greywacke and conglomerate | adjacent | |
| sandstone | 4 | quartzite | adjacent | |
| felsic intrusive | 5 | feldspar porphyry and granitoids | adjacent | |
| gabbro | 6 | near | ||
| lamprophyre | 7 | near | ||
| vein | 8 | quartz | host |
12/23/1996 (K Kettles) - The occurrence is underlain by a steeply dipping, bedded sequence of metavolcanic tuffs. The strike of the bedding is approximately 050 deg. The metatuffs are felsic to intermediate in composition and contain pumaceous fragments. Units containing quartz and/or feldspar phenocrysts are intercalated with the tuffaceous rocks. Later dikes of gabbro, lamprophyre and granitoid plutonic material intrude the tuffs.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
| 3 | gold | economic | ore | ||||
| 1 | quartz | economic | gangue | ||||
| chlorite | alteration | chloritic | 1 | unknown | disseminated |
12/23/1996 (K Kettles) - Gold mineralization is associated with quartz veins up to 2 mm in width in feldspar porphyry. Seven samples taken by OGS geologist during property visit. Best assay 0.08 oz/ton (2.744 g/t) (OFR 5558) MDI1 DATA: GRADE 1987: GRAB SAMPLES FROM 2 NEARBY QV, UP TO 2705 PPB AU.
07/30/2020 (T Pettigrew) - Grab samples collected in 1988 returned up to 4.018 ppm Au from a quartz vein at the contact between felsic to intermediate metavolcanics and sediments in Zone C and up to 1.815 ppm Au from a quartz vein in Zone B (Assessment report 20000006235).
12/23/1996 (K Kettles) - Chlorite alteration has been observed in the vicinity of quartz veins.
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