Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52F05SW00016
| Record Name(s) | Millree - 1944 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Dogpaw Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 15' 48.08" Longitude: -93° 50' 51.42"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 438331 Northing: 5457078.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F05SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1944: claims staked by Millree Prospecting Syndicate. 1945: optioned to Sylvanite, who conducted trenching and pitting on veins #2 & 5. 1974: Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. staked the claims and conducted mapping and sampling. 1980-81: Noranda conducted geological mapping, soil geochemistry, magnetomerter and IP surveys, and drilled 2 DDH totalling 34.3 m. 1982: J. Martin resampled Noranda’s trenches. 1983: Frances Resources conducted trenching. 2011: Metals Creek Resources conducted prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | 52F05SW0111 | 52F05SW0111 |
| 63.4355 | 52F05SW0058 | 52F05SW0058 |
| 2.48444 | 20000006448 | 20000006448 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diorite | 2 | Diorite | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong | Massive |
Aug 31, 2017 (C Ravnaas) - Grade: highest assay - 0.26 opt Au over 18 ft on surface. Speculative tonnage: 32,500 t @ 0.12 opt Au (Neilson and Bray, 1981).
Aug 31, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - Mineralization in transverse fractures mostly in diorite. Grab samples on vein #4 assayed trace to 2.43 oz/t Au (75.6 g/t Au). Grab samples on vein #5 assayed 0.05 to 0.26 oz/t Au (1.6 to 8.1 g/t Au) (Neilson and Bray, 1981). Gold-bearing veins occur in a series of NE-oriented transverse fractures that cross a Kakagi sill at high angles. Quartz-carbonate veins carry pyrite and molybdenite. All veins carry gold (Colvine, 1983). There are 5 veins on the Millree showing: 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6. The #1 vein is hosted in a banded tuff and trends dipping about 75 degrees to the west. It is a 2 foot wide banded quartz vein conformable with the tuff unit and has been well mineralized with pyrite and fine dusty molybdenite. It has been traced for 200 feet and gave very low assays, the best being 0.03 opt over 6 feet. The #2 vein consists of strong silicification, carbonatization, and pyritization over widths of 5 to 14 feet. It strikes and dips 70 degrees to the west. It lies in diorite and has been traced by trenching and drilling for 300 feet. The best assays are 0.13 opt over 6.8 feet and 0.04 opt over 12 feet. The #4 vein is parallel to the #2 vein and is located about 300 feet west. It is a 2 foot wide smoky quartz vein with sparse pyrite. A grab sample from this vein is reported to run 48.6 dwts (2.43 opt) Au but resampling has not substantiated this assay. The #5 vein is parallel to the #2 vein, about 950 feet to the east. It has been traced for about 400 feet, and consists of a strong carbonatized zone 12 feet wide in diorite. It is well mineralized and is cut by numerous quartz stringers and veinlets, several of which pan gold. The best assays are: 0.26 opt over 18 feet; 0.09 opt over 6 feet. This vein has not been drilled. The #6 vein is also parallel to the #2 vein about 180 feet east of the #5 vein. It is a weakly carbonatized zone with 30% quartz stringers and is generally well pyritized. The best value obtained was 0.06 opt over 10 feet (AFRI 52F05SW0025).
Map - Geological series, Cedartree Lake area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: P0731 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Davies J.C., Morin J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Cedartree Lake area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R134 Page: 41-44 Date: 1976
Author: Davies J.C., Morin J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of the Kenora-Fort Frances area, districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: MDC016 Page: 28, 43 Date: 1976
Author: Beard R.C., Garratt G.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Feasibility of small scale gold mining in northwestern Ontario (parts of the districts of Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay), volume 1, text, volume 2, appendices
Publication Number: OFR5332 Page: B-10 Date: 1981
Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Gold deposits in northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: MP110.015 Page: 198 Date: 1997
Author: Blackburn C.E., Janes D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - George Cross Newsletter 83-09-23, Barrier
Publication Number: G Cross News Page: 1 Date: 1983
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Book - Northern Miner 84-05-03, Barrier
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location:
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