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| Record Name(s) | Carricona No. 2 Showing - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1996-Dec-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Heyson
Latitude: 50° 58' 22.67" Longitude: -93° 51' 42.82"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 439486.583 Northing: 5647171.983 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K13NE
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Data Compilation
1938: Carricona Gold MInes Ltd. was organized in 1938 to acquire the property. Surface work. 1944: at least 13 drill holes were completed (not recorded). 1980, Minorex Ltd. staked a portion of the property.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: U. GS-Amphib
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Porphyry-unsubdivided | 1 | Flows And Flow Breccias | Breccia | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Unsubdivided | Adjacent | |
| Quartz Porphyry | 3 | Qtz Porphyry | Porhyritic | Near |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Feldspar Porphyry | Porphyritic | Near |
| Granite | 5 | Dikes | Near | |
| Diorite | 6 | Diorite | Dikes | Near |
| Gabbro | 7 | Gabbro | Dikes | Near |
| Granodiorite | 8 | Dikes | Near | |
| Vein | 9 | Quartz | Veins And Stringers | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The southern and central parts of the property are underlain by mafic to intermediated flows and flow breccias. The northern third of the property is underlain by felsic volcanic rocks. Dikes of diorite, gabbro, quartz porphyry, feldspar porphyry and granite had been observed on the property.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Veins |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The No. 2 showing consists of two trenches near the contact of felsic metavolcanics and a granodiorite dike. The zone is about 6.1 m wide and mineralization is associated with quartz stingers along the contact. The zone is reported to have a strike length in excess of 610.0 m. No assay results have been published, but it has been reported that free gold is in evidence and grab samples returned interesting values.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 610 | 6.1 |
Date: Dec 31, 1996
Geologist: K R Kettles
Notes: N/A
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 80 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: AF RL 1944 Date: 1944
Author: Thompson, R.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
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