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Record: MDI52E10SW00075

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Spike Point - 1950, J.C. Ward - 1950
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Feb-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Shoal Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 32' 49.06"    Longitude: -94° 53' 54.76"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 362666.47   Northing: 5489993.25    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52E10SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1950: unknown individuals carried out surface exploration and drilled 2 DDH. No assessment reports were found on file.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Adjacent
Vein 2 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GalenaEconomicOre
2GoldEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 28, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Gold and silver are reported to be associated with galena-bearing quartz veins in altered granitic dykes on Spike Point. No assays were reported (Davies, 1978).



Mineral Record Details

References

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:


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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