Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Russet Main Zone - 1978, Russet Zone #1 - 1978, Aiken Russet Zone #1 - 1987, Russet Zone #2 - 1978, Aiken Russet Zone #2 - 9999, Russet South - 2014 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1978-Mar-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Baird
Latitude: 50° 58' 34.01" Longitude: -93° 56' 26.96"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 433949.61 Northing: 5647590.03 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K13NW
Point Location Description: #2 post for KRL 19235
Location Method: Data Compilation
RUSSET PROPERTY - 1936: Russet Red Lake Gold Mines was incorporated, and performed a magnetometer survey, stripping, and some drilling. 1943-1947: Carried out trenching, a geophysical survey and 7625.0 m drilling in 129 DDH. AIKEN PROPERTY - 1936-38:Aiken Red Lake was incorporated in 1938 and performed surface work. 1938-45: Surface work. 1945-46: 1500 m of trenching and 2440 m of drilling. AIKEN-RUSSET PROPERTY- 1965: The two companies merged to form Aiken-Russet Red Lake Mines Ltd. 1967: Geological survey. 1968: Drilled 21 holes totalling 2219.79 m. 1969: Drilled 5 DDH. 1974: Drilled 22 holes totalling 2192.65 m and conducted stripping. 1983: Company was sold to Herman Becker-Fluegel of New York City. 1987-88: United Reef Petroleums carried out an exploration program that included airborne and ground geophysical surveys and a 78 DDH program. 2002: Placer Dome Exploration optioned the property and drilled 5 DDH totalling 2664 m. 2003: Placer Dome drilled 3 DDH totalling 2356 m. 2006: Claude Resources acquired the property. 2013: Claude optioned the property to Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. in December. 2014: Laurentian changed its name to Pure Gold Mining Inc. in June and conducted geological mapping and prospecting. 2015: Pure Gold drilled 10 DDH totalling approx. 1755 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.9370 | 52N04SW0228 | 52N04SW0228 |
| 63.3002 | 52N04SW0216 | 52N04SW0216 |
| 63.4082 | 52K13NW0036 | 52K13NW0036 |
| 63.3364 | 52N04SW8901 | 52N04SW8901 |
| 63.5400 | 52N04SW8900 | 52N04SW8900 |
| 63.3098 | 52N04SW0243 | 52N04SW0243 |
| 63.3244 | 52N04SW0248 | 52N04SW0248 |
| 63.3473 | 52N04SW0239 | 52N04SW0239 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: U. Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The Aiken-Russet Red Lake mineralized zones are situated in highly altered and deformed units of mafic metavolcanics and iron formation. In the past, the metavolcanics have been described as tuffs, and have been compared to the Madsen ore zones. Recent work has shown that the Austin tuff is comprised of highly deformed and altered mafic flows. The tuff units described on the Russet property are probably analagous to the Austin tuff, and represent shear zones in mafic metavolcanic flows. Rock units in the vicinity of the prospect strike roughly north-south and dip 50 degrees to the east. The Russet Zone #1 occurs in a sheared chloritic mafic metavolcanic unit which strikes to the north and dips east at 50 degrees, and is 6 m thick.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Highly Altered- Chloritic | Flows, Sheared | Host |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Iron Formation | Hanging Wall | |
| Diorite | 3 | Diorite | Adjacent | |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Intrudes |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanics which host the Russet Zone #1 are highly chloritized and sheared and in the past were described as felsic tuffs. These units are analagous to the Austin tuff, and represent shear zones in the mafic metavolcanic flows. The unit which contains the ore zone strikes to the north and dips east, and is about 6 metres thick. Barren, white, quartz-filled tension fractures occur across the unit. The formation underlies the iron formation, and is separated from it by a 12 m thick unit of mafic metavolcanic flow. The mafic metavolcanics which host the Russet Zone #2 are highly chloritized and sheared and in the past were described as felsic tuffs. These units are analagous to the Austin tuff, and represent shear zones in the mafic metavolcanic flows. The iron formation hosting the gold is a finely banded chert with sulphides in some bands and some narrow zones rich in magnetite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The Russet Zone #1 occurs in a sheared chloritic mafic metavolcanic unit which strikes north, dips east at 50 degrees, and is 6 m thick. Barren, white, quartz-filled tension fractures occur across the unit. This formation underlies the auriferous iron formation of Zone No. 2, but is separated by 12 m of mafic metavolcanics. Mineralization in the No. 1 Zone is erratic along strike. In 1966, one section was reported to include 7140 tons with an average grade of 0.146 oz/ton Au to a vertical depth of 45.75 m.
May 01, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Mineralization is hosted in rocks described as chloritic tuffs on the western contact of the Russet tLake talc. These rocks are similar to the “brown tuffs” encountered in the Madsen Mine. This stratigraphic unit dips 60 degrees to the NE and mineralized areas within the commonly silicified; disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite and visible gold are common. Sectional interpretations suggest that the Russett South target is an up-dip continuation of Zone 8 in the Madsen Mine (Weiershauser and Cole, 2014). Significant assays from the 2015 drill program include the following: PG15-027: 9.5 gpt Au over 3.5 m (96.0-99.5 m), including 18.8 gpt Au over 1.5 m (98.0-99.5 m) PG15-028: 8.2 gpt Au over 11.0 m (75.0-86.0 m), including 15.0 gpt Au over 5.0 m (77.0-82.0 m) PG15-031: 39.1 gpt Au over 2.9 m (13.2-16.1 m), including 34.4 gpt Au over 1.7 m (13.2-14.9 m) and 36.2 gpt over 0.5 m (14.9-15.4 m) and 52.4 gpt over 0.7 m (15.4-16.1 m) PG15-032: 37.5 gpt Au over 1.7 m (47.3-49.0 m) including 83.8 gpt over 0.7 m (47.3-48 m) (Pure Gold March 27, 2015 press release)
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - There is no documented alteration, but it is noted it is probably similar to that in Zone # 3, which is mainly silicification and carbonatization of the mafic metavolcanics. There is also some potash metasomatism, and sulphide introduction. The volcanics are so altered that they were originally documented as felsic tuffs.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Russet Zone #2 | 1967 | Unclassified | 56880 | Vance 1946 | Gold 9.8 Grams per Tonne | |
| Russet Zone #1 | 1966 | Unclassified | 6477 | OFR5558 | Tindale reports as estimated | Gold 5.01 Grams per Tonne |
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1947 Baird #5
Publication Number: AF BAIRD5 Date: 1947
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Location: Red Lake RGP
Map - Baird Township, eastern part, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2072 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1967-74 Baird #20B
Publication Number: AF BAIRD20 Date: 1967
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Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1986 Baird #53
Publication Number: AF BAIRD53 Date: 1986
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Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1988 Baird #58
Publication Number: AF BAIRD58 Date: 1988
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Location: Red Lake RGP
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 207 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the eastern part of Baird Township, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R039 Page: 34 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 190 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Article - Structural geology and hydrothermal alteration in the Flat Lake-Howey Bay deformation zone, Red Lake area
Publication Number: MP116.048 Page: 216-219 Date: 1997
Author: Durocher M.E., Hugon H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 19-20 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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File - 1968 Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: RL AF 1968 Date: 1968
Author: Kuryliw, C.J.
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Location: Red Lake RGP
File - 1974, Red Lake Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: RL AF 1974 Date: 1974
Author: Tindale, J.L.
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Location: Red Lake RGP
Publication - Technical Report for the Madsen Gold Project, Red Lake, Ontario, Canada
Publication Number: 2014 43-101 Date: 2014
Author: Weiershauser, L., Cole, G.
Publisher Name: SRK Consulting for Laurentian Goldfields
Location: SEDAR (under Pure Gold)
Map - Precambrian Geology, Baird Township, East Part
Publication Number: P3196 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1993
Author: Wallace H., Atkinson B.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Red Lake-Birch Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2175 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1970
Author: Ferguson S.A., Davies J.C., Brown D.D., Pryslak A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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