Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Witch Bay - 1900 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Manross
Latitude: 49° 36' 7.18" Longitude: -94° 13' 57.62"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 410931.88 Northing: 5495109.947 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52E09SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1900: 3 shafts up to 30.5 m.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 2 | Shear Zone | Contains | |
| Vein | 3 | Contains |
Mar 18, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Quartz vein 18 inches wide. Low Au values on surface (MDC016 p. 44)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0 | MDI |
Part - Gold deposits on the Lake of the Woods
Publication Number: ARV44-04.002 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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 - The geological setting of gold occurrences in the Lake of the Woods area
Publication Number: OFR5695 Scale: Date: 1988
Author: Davies J.C., Smith P.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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