Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52C16SW00008| Deposit Name(s) | Reed Lake - 1991, Sutherland Group - 1937, Couisineau Zones 21, 22, And 23 - 1991, Bennett Lake East - 1991 |
|---|---|
| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Abandoned Mine Inventory Reference | 04675 |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Sep-29 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Bennett Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 45' 28.28" Longitude: -92° 23' 53.08"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 544239 Northing: 5400713 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52C16SW
Point Location Description: Map of zone 21/22 in Assessment report 52C16SW8250
Location Method: data compilation
Source Map: MANION LAKE (EDITION 2) 52C16
Sources Map Scale: 1:25 000
Access Description: Drive east on Hwy 11 from Horsecollar Junction turn-off. Turn onto first road north, locally known as the Bennett Lake road. Drive north on road until you come across an old powerline. Seine River First Nation boundary is located approximately 30m west of the road on the powerline. Walk north along the cut boundary for approximately 300m. After passing through a low swampy area you will come up onto outcrop. The trenches, pits and shaft are located approximately 100m west.
1937: Sutherland Group carried out sampling. 1991-92: R. Cousineau carried out stripping, trenching, and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| OP91-353 | 52C16SW0010 | Open |
| 63.5721 | 52C16SW8263 | Open |
| 2.14554 | 52C16SW8250 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Calm Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mafic metavolcanics | 1 | host |
06/04/1999 (P Hinz) - Mafic metavolcanic rocks host the veins. It appears that some small quartz feldspar porphyry's intrude the volcanics. The rocks are strongly carbonatized, locally with ankerite. Quartz veins strike generally 038-90.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | galena | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 3 | sphalerite | economic | ore | ||||
| 4 | gold | economic | ore | ||||
| 1 | quartz | economic | gangue | ||||
| 2 | ankerite | economic | gangue | ||||
| 3 | calcite | economic | gangue | ||||
| ankerite | alteration | carbonatization | 1 | medium | disseminated |
06/04/1999 (P Hinz) - Samples collected from the waste dump contained galena, pyrite, sphalerite and some visible gold. The veins were quartz-ankerite/carbonate veins.
12/07/2005 (C Ravnaas) - GPS location for main shaft and dump pile. UTM Zone 15. 544255E/5400537N
09/29/2020 (T Pettigrew) - A felsic crystal tuff with quartz veins throughout returned 0.48 oz/t Au, 0.86 oz/t Au, and 36.4 g/t Au, with visible gold (Assessment report 52C16SW0010). The Sutherland occurrence yielded assays up to 0.31 oz/t Au from quartz veins in 1937 (Blackburn and Hinz, 1996)
Publication - Kenora Resident Geologist’s District – 1995; In: Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists, p. 41
Publication Number: OFR5943 Date: 1996
Author: Blackburn, C.E., Hinz, P.
Publisher Name: OGS
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