Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52J02SW00019| Deposit Name(s) | Ryan-lundberg East - 1947 |
|---|---|
| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | occurrence |
| Date Created | 1995-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Mar-24 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Fourbay Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 1' 50.18" Longitude: -90° 47' 2.93"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 658696 Northing: 5544386 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52J02SW
Point Location Description: DDH 8 from map in Assessment report 52J02SW8800
Location Method: based on assessment
Source Map: OGS 1980 MAP 2420 SQUAW LAKE
Sources Map Scale: 1:25 000
Access Description: Light aircraft can land on King Bay in summer and winter. Boat and snowmobile access to the site is possible from public and private access points off Hwy. 599 between Cobb Bay and Horizontal Bay of Sturgeon Lake.
1947: C.J. Ryan contracted H. Lundberg to do a 10 hole drill program on a property on the north shore of King Bay. 1970: Mattagami Lake Mines Limited conducted magnetic and electro-magnetic surveys (McPhar fluxgate and Crone Shootback JEM) over much of the area drilled previously by C.J. Ryan.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52J02SW-0052 | 52J01SW0096 | Open |
| 52J02SW-0018-A1 | 52J02SW8800 | Open |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Sturgeon Lake
Geological Age: Archean
02/02/2000 (R Tuomi) - The drill holes were collared in east to northeast striking mafic metavolcanics. The mafic metavolcanics are sheared and inter-bedded with thin felsic metatuffs. The rocks are variably sheared and fractured, usually with carbonate and quartz replacement.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vein | 1 | blue quartz | host | |
| mafic metavolcanics | 2 | host | ||
| felsic metavolcanics | 3 | tuff | near | |
| porphyry | 4 | quartz eye | near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chalcopyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | chlorite | economic | ore | ||||
| 3 | pyrite | economic | ore | ||||
| 4 | pyrrhotite | economic | ore | ||||
| 5 | gold | economic | ore | ||||
| 1 | calcite | economic | gangue | ||||
| 2 | epidote | economic | gangue | ||||
| 3 | quartz | economic | gangue | ||||
| carbonate | alteration | carbonatization | 1 | unknown | disseminated | ||
| epidote | alteration | epidotization | 2 | unknown | disseminated | ||
| quartz | alteration | silicification | 3 | unknown | disseminated |
02/16/2000 (R Tuomi) - The 1947 drilling contained several gold enriched zones. The best result assayed 0.054 ounce gold per ton over 7.8 feet. 1987: DDH KB-14-87 (AF-0081): all assays < or = 0.001 opt Au
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