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Record: MDI52C10NE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ferguson - Daisy and Government Veins - 1984
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Jan-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Bad Vermilion Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 42' 13.39"    Longitude: -92° 39' 6.15"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 525625.769   Northing: 5394579.082    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52C10NE

Point Location Description: GPS Location for the Daisy Vein open cut. UTM Zone 15. 525637E/5394369

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Quartz-Rich Granitoid 1 Adjacent
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 2 Shear Zone Contains
Vein 3 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
10ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
15GalenaEconomicOre
20GoldEconomicOre
25PyriteEconomicOre
30SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 18, 2022 (Q Unknown) - BEST ASSAY: 32.5 OPT AU OVER 30 CM. Daisy vein: 146 ft. Sh w/229 ft. drifting. Vein 120 ft. long, 0.32 oz./ton. Government vein: 107 ft. sh.w/ 180 ft. drifting. Samples from Sh av. 0.15 oz. Au/ton. 27 samples on the 60 ft. level av. 0.46 oz. Au/ton. Big vein: 2 Sh, 110 ft. A 65 ft. deep Zone 3 ft. wide by 33 ft. long running 0.16 oz. Au/ton outlined in drifting. Vein reported to be 1,000 ft. long. 65 samples taken from the tailings dump av. 0.16 oz. Au/ton and it has been estimated that 40,000 tons are in the dump (MDC016, p. 16).



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Geological Setting of Mineralization in the Mine Centre-Fort Frances Area

Publication Number: MDC029 Scale:     Date: 2000

Author: Poulsen K.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Lead and zinc deposits, Dorion and McTavish townships, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: ARV38-06.002 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of the Kenora-Fort Frances area, districts of Kenora and Rainy River

Publication Number: MDC016 Scale:     Date: 1976

Author: Beard R.C., Garratt G.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Feasibility of small scale gold mining in northwestern Ontario (parts of the districts of Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay), volume 1, text, volume 2, appendices

Publication Number: OFR5332 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1980, Atikokan Geological Survey

Publication Number: OFR5334 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Schnieders B.R., Larsen C.R., McConnell C.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - The geological setting of mineralization in the Mine Centre-Fort Frances area, District of Rainy River

Publication Number: OFR5512 Scale:     Date: 1984

Author: Poulsen K.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey

Publication Number: OFR5539 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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