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Record: MDI52E10SW00010

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Glass

Latitude: 49° 36' 34.83"    Longitude: -94° 58' 27.7"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 357365.6   Northing: 5497106.26    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52E10SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The site is located in Glass township, approx 40.5 km WSW of Kenora. Access is via boat travelling 2.6 km southwest of Clytie Bay Landing, Shoal Lake. The site is located at the northwest end of Sirdar Point in Bag Bay, Shoal Lake.

Exploration History

1899-1900: Sirdar Gold Mining Company Ltd. carried out prospecting, sank two shafts to depths of 107 feet and 69 feet, and drilled 9 DDH totalling 785 m. No assessment reports were found on file.

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean  

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Jan 14, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The area is mainly composed of fine- to medium-grained basalt, which is part of a west-facing sequence of tholeiitic and komatiitic flows and sills that form the upper part of the lower mafic volcanic sequence in the northern Lake of the Woods. Much of the shoreline of Bag Bay consists of quartz diorite, which forms the westernmost edge of the Canoe Lake stock. An east-striking fault zone truncates the sequence near the northern shore; a dextral component of movement in excess of l km is indicated along the fault (Davies and Smith, 1988)

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Jan 14, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Bow (1901) noted the presence of three shafts on the property, referred to as the Belt Vein No. 1 and 2 shafts, and the Mikado Vein shaft. Two shafts were found during Davies and Smith’s 1988 project: a northern shaft near the main fault zone, and a southwestern shaft. The latter is on a shear zone which strikes southeast and dips from vertical to 85 NE. Minor quartz and carbonate occur in the shear, and pyrite is both disseminated and in small vugs in the quartz. Very little quartz is present on the dump. The north shaft is flanked by shallow trenches which trend about 120 degrees to the west of the shaft and 110 degrees to the east of the shaft. However, there is no evidence of a shear zone in this direction. No quartz is to be seen on the dump. In one pit, a vertical shear striking 050 was noted; a little carbonate is in the shear and there is, locally, fine disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite (Davies and Smith, 1988). No assays have been reported.

Mineral Record Details

References

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

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Part - Mines of northwest Ontario, parts 1 and 2

Publication Number: ARV10.004 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Bow J.A., Carter W.E.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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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

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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

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