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Record: MDI52F03NW00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pine West Showing - 2003, Noranda - Lucas Showing - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-07
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Bluffpoint Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 9' 5.7"    Longitude: -93° 20' 30.87"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 475068   Northing: 5444363    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F03NW

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Travel on CEDAR NARROWS ROAD approximately 39 km to Floyd lake Raod. Use GPS location to navigate to occurrence.



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
14 / 52F03NW I-3 52F03NW0032 52F03NW0032

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Kakagi-Rowan Lakes

Geological Age: Precambrian   Geochronological Age: 2732   Geochron. Age Ref.: DAVIS ET AL., 1982 AND MORRISON ET AL.,9



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Medium Grained Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Ravnaas) - Foliated granite with quartz stringers, granite displays a brownish weathering, probably carbonate alteration. Multiple (conjugate) vein orientations, fracture filled greyish quartz, some weathering out, may have been carbonate.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
AnkeriteAlterationCarbonization1MediumReplacement

Mineralization Comments

Feb 19, 2010 (C Ravnaas) - Initial sampling by R. Fairservice yielded 6 feet of 0.28 opt gold. Opawica sampling averaged 1-2 gpt gold with a high of 3.2 gpt gold.



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
GoldUnknownBDL

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Kenora data series, Straw Lake area, District of Kenora

Publication Number: P2062 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Rivett A.S., MacTavish A.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Straw Lake area, districts of Rainy River and Kenora

Publication Number: MP067.008 Date: 1997

Author: Edwards G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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