Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Galbraith Veins - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Nov-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Menary
Latitude: 48° 59' 23.73" Longitude: -93° 52' 48.49"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 435612 Northing: 5426708.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52C13NW
Point Location Description: Stripped area at Galbraith A showing
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1991: Western Troy Capital carried out prospecting and discovered the showing. 1992: Western Troy Capital carried out prospecting and sampling. 1998-99: G. Pogson, M. Galbraith, and L. Fraser carried out prospecting and trenching. 2005: B. McNerney carried out prospecting and sampling. 2010: King’s Bay Gold optioned the property and carried out sampling. 2011: King’s Bay Gold carried out stripping, sampling, mapping, drilled 3 DDH totalling 477.9 m, and conducted magnetic and HLEM surveys. 2012: King’s Bay Gold carried out sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.53979 | 20000008962 | 20000008962 |
| 2.15292 | 52F04SW0002 | 52F04SW0002 |
| OM92-028 | 52F04SW0001 | 52F04SW0001 |
| OM91-017 | 52C13NW0015 | 52C13NW0015 |
| 2.15022 | 52C13NW8305 | 52C13NW8305 |
| 2.45117 | 20000006159 | 20000006159 |
| 2.52137 | 20000007293 | 20000007293 |
| 2.34747 | 20000002087 | 20000002087 |
| 2.54888 | 20000008227 | 20000008227 |
| 2.19540 | 52C13NW2004 | 52C13NW2004 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 2 | |||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Pillowed And Massive | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Dec 17, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - At the Galbraith A showing, the original sample was obtained from a poorly exposed 5 to 10 cm wide vein similar in colour and texture to those at the Wagg showing. A poorly exposed vein ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 m wide, was located about 30 m north of the first vein. A grab sample taken from this vein assayed 2418 ppb gold. When the showing was revisited a grab sample of the most reddish quartz from the vein was taken and assayed 3.038 oz/ton gold. A grab sample taken from a vein about 20 m to the west returned 0.002 oz/ton. At the Galbraith B showing (located at NAD 83 UTM Zone 15, 436770 m E, 5426838 m N), the initial sample was collected from rubble adjacent to a metavolcanic outcrop. Subsequent hand stripping uncovered several red, sugary quartz stringers, less than 10 cm wide, occurring within a meter of a small porphyry dike. Two grab samples consisting of quartz and lesser volcanic wallrock assayed 2.859 and 1.868 oz/ton gold. Visible gold was observed in the latter sample. A grab sample of porphyry assayed 0.011 oz/ton gold. A large number of quartz veins occur in the surrounding area, some of which were sampled. About 40 meters north of the Galbraith B occurrence, three grab samples returned 0.023, 0.008, and 0.017 oz/ton gold. A further 25 m west a quartz pod measuring 0.3-1.0 wide by 10 m long and open at both ends assayed 0.005 oz/ton in a grab sample and 0.076 (check 0.103) oz/ton in a 0.3 m chip sample. Two additional veins in the area returned 0.004 and 0.010 oz/ton gold from grab samples (Assessment report 52C13NW0015). Chip sampling at the Galbraith A showing returned one anomalous value of 0.034 oz./ton gold across 0.4 metres. Grab sampling in 1991 had returned values of 2418 ppb and 3.038 oz./ton gold from two separate veins. The Galbraith B showing consists of narrow vein/stringer within which native gold has been observed and has assayed 2.859 and 1.868 oz./ton gold from 1991 grab samples. Approximately 450 metres NNW of the Galbraith B showing, prospecting uncovered an odd shaped (stocklike) body of quartz measuring about 2 metres by 5 metres. The body has highly irregular fracture controlled contacts, with many finger-like splays along its north side, and is in contact with a contorted porphyry dyke along its eastern side. The occurrence was named the Galbraith C showing. Of the seven samples collected from the exposure, grab sample 8155 assayed 5050 ppb (0.153 oz./ton) from a grab sample taken near the porphyry contact, and grab sample 218856 assayed 33,267 ppb (1.008 oz./ton) from a grab sample of quartz rubble uncovered about 3 metres south of the exposure. The other samples all assayed less than 750 ppb gold. Traces of pyrite were the only mineralization observed within any of the samples (Assessment report 52F04SW0002).
Map - Off Lake-Burditt Lake, Rainy River District
Publication Number: M2325 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Blackburn C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Off Lake-Burditt Lake area, District of Rainy River
Publication Number: R140 Scale: Date: 1976
Author: Blackburn C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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