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MDI52F10NW00039
Record Name(s) | R545 - 1991 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2011-Feb-14 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Van Horne
Latitude: 49° 43' 20.65" Longitude: -92° 56' 1.16"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 504782.037 Northing: 5507769.143 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F10NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1917: A test pit was sunk at the north end of mining location R. 544. 1986: Mining location R. 544 purchased by Falconbridge Ltd. (R. Band, Geologist, Falconbridge Ltd., personal communication, 1986). 1987: Shaft drilled by Van Horne Gold Exploration Incorporated in a joint venture agreement with Falconbridge Ltd. (S. Roach, Geologist, Van Horne Gold Exploration Inc., personal communication, 1987). (OFR5723, p.280) * see Deposit Comment - Mineralization for assay results
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Feb 14, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - The occurrence is situated within a fine- to medium-grained gabbro/diorite stock, at its northern contact with intermediate to felsic autoclastic flows of the Lower Wabigoon Volcanics. (OFR5723, p.280)
Feb 14, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - The R. 544 Occurrence consists of a shaft, or very deep test pit, about 12 m deep, a rock dump, and numerous shallow test pits sunk on intensely altered, fine-grained diorite which has been sheared (065º), sericitized, and carbonatized. Numerous en echelon, northwest-trending (136 º), tension fractures within the shear zone host pyretic [<1-3%], hematite, quartz veins containing iron carbonate and tourmaline. The altered wall rock contains up to 5% disseminated pyrite.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
20 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Feb 14, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - A grab sample of altered, pyritic, diorite containing quartz veinlets, taken from the dump, assayed 2950 ppb gold, while a sample of altered, pyritic, diorite assayed 1180 ppb gold. Two samples of quartz vein material taken from the dump assayed 0.41 ounce gold per ton, and 1430 ppb gold. A grab sample from a quartz vein, in the outcrop east of the shaft, assayed 10 ppb gold. (OFR5723, p.280)
Part - The eastern Ontario gold belt
Publication Number: ARV11.013 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Mono - Geology, gold mineralization and property visits in the area investigated by the Dryden-Ignace economic geologist, 1984-1987
Publication Number: OFR5723 Scale: Date: 1989
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Geology, gold mineralization and property visits in the area investigated by the Dryden-Ignace economic geologist, 1984-1987
Publication Number: OFR5723 Scale: Date: 1989
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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