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MDI52E10NW00004
| Record Name(s) | Great Granite - 1980 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jun-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Glass
Latitude: 49° 37' 56.28" Longitude: -94° 54' 31.8"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 362163 Northing: 5499499 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52E10NW, 52E10SW
Point Location Description: Map in Assessment report 52E10NW9475
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1897: The Great Granite Mining and Development Company of Ontario, Ltd. was incorporated. 1898-99: Great Granite carried out prospecting. 1985: Golden Rule Resources Ltd. and Northern Abitibi Mining Corp. carried out prospecting, sampling, magnetic and VLF-EM surveys. 1990: B. Perry carried out prospecting, humus and rock sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8337 | 52E10NW9475 | 52E10NW9475 |
| 63.5669 | 52E10NW9476 | 52E10NW9476 |
| 2.13930 | 52E10NW9473 | 52E10NW9473 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | |||
| Quartz Monzonite | 3 | Quartz Granodiorite | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Malachite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
May 14, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Gold and bornite found in a 70 foot shaft in granite. Quartz veins found near contact of quartz diorite and metavolcanics (Garratt and Beard, 1976). Samples collected in 1985 returned up to 0.89 ppm Au from sericite schist in the shaft wall (Assessment report 52E10NW9475).
MonoMap - Geology of the Shoal Lake-Western Peninsula area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: OFR5242 Scale: Date: 1978
Author: Davies J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of High Lake-Rush Bay area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R041 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Davies J.C.
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:
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