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MDI52F10NW00025
| Record Name(s) | S.V. 372 - 1913, Larson - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Aug-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Contact Bay Area
Latitude: 49° 42' 47.52" Longitude: -92° 52' 23.94"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 509132.865 Northing: 5506751.406 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F10NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessible by an overgrown trail which branches west and then south from a north-south bush road. The property is immediately south of the Van Horne Township line.
1913: Shaft was sunk to 40 ft. Vein reported to be mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. 1917: Shaft was sunk to 60 ft. and two mill tests of the ore were made in 1913 and 1914. 1980: Acquired by H. Hodge. 1981-1983: Van Horne Gold Exploration Incorporated conducted geological mapping, sampling, and geophysical surveys over the property. 1987: Van Horne Gold Exploration Incorporated diamond drilled one 296 ft. hole beneath the shaft.
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The occurrence is situated within intercalated mafic to intermediate north-facing metavolcanic flows and pyroclastics of the Lower Wabigoon Volcanics. (OFR5723, p.288)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Vein | 2 | quartz-iron carbonate | Host |
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The S.V. 372 Occurrence consists of a deep shaft and 5 trenches (west of the shaft) sunk on a 0.3-0.9 m wide, linear shear zone striking 080º and hosting narrow discontinuous quartz-iron carbonate veins containing <1-2% pyrite and minor hematite. The host rock consists of medium- to fine-grained, gray-green, chloritic, massive, intermediate metavolcanic flows. The sheared wall rock is intensely sericitic, variably pyritic (1-5%), rusty, chloritic, and carbonatized (calcite) with minor iron carbonate. (OFR5723, p.288)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - Two grab samples of the sericitic wall rock, taken by the author, that carried 1-2% pyrite assayed 460 ppb gold and 1820 ppb gold. Grab samples from the trenches and dump taken by Van Horne Gold Exploration Incorporated assayed 0.04, 0.18, and 0.02 ounce gold per ton. Van Horne Gold Exploration also diamond drilled one hole beneath the shaft, but intersected minimal amounts of quartz veins with no gold assays. (OFR5723, p.288) Grab sample, taken by J.R. Parker, found in centre of shear in largest of trenches (east end of trench), west of shaft. Assayed 1820 ppb Au (Kenora Property Visit File 52F/10NW00025)
Mono - Geology, gold mineralization and property visits in the area investigated by the Dryden-Ignace economic geologist, 1984-1987
Publication Number: OFR5723 Page: 288 Date: 1989
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - The pre-Cambrian geology of southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV22-02 Page: 228 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G., Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - Dryden gold area
Publication Number: ARV26.005 Page: 183 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP128 Page: 37-38 Date: 1986
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Journal - Kenora Property Visit File 52F/10NW00025, Larson / S.V.372 Occurrence, 1985
Publication Number: Date: 2010
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Location: Kenora RGP office
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