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Record: MDI52F11NW00044

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pioneer Island - 1939
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Jul-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Garnet Bay Area

Latitude: 49° 40' 1.75"    Longitude: -93° 18' 52.48"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 477299.804   Northing: 5501671.945    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F11NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1939: 80 foot shaft with 160 feet of drifting on the 70 foot level




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
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
10GoldEconomicOre
15MagnetiteEconomicOre
20PyriteEconomicOre
25PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of the Eagle Lake area

Publication Number: ARV48-04 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Scale:     Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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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

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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 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP128 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Kustra C.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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