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| Record Name(s) | Russet Zone #3 - 1936 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Baird
Latitude: 50° 58' 27.12" Longitude: -93° 56' 6.8"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 434340 Northing: 5647372 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K13NW
Point Location Description: NE corner of claim KRL 12727
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From Russet Lake.
Russet Property - 1936: Russet Red Lake Gold Mines was incorporated, and performed a magnetometer survey, stripping, and some drilling. 1943-1947: Carried out a geophysical survey and 7625.0 m drilling. 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. 1974: Drilled 22 holes totalling 2192.65 m. 1983: Company was sold to Herman Becker-Fluegel of New York City.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.3098 | 52N04SW0243 | 52N04SW0243 |
| 63.5400 | 52N04SW8900 | 52N04SW8900 |
| 63.3364 | 52N04SW8901 | 52N04SW8901 |
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. Zone # 3 has a strike length of 366 m, and is hosted in the sheared and altered mafic metavolcanics.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Biotite Rich, Altered | Flows | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Iron Formation | Adjacent |
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 are biotite rich and locally mineralized with disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite, and are silicified and carbonatized. There has also been potash metasomatism.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong | Replacement | ||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Strong | Replacement | ||
| Feldspar | Alteration | Potassic | 3 | Weak | Disseminated | ||
| Pyrite | Alteration | Pyritic | 4 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Zone # 3 strikes for 366 m, and is hosted by sheared and altered mafic metavolcanics. Good widths of low grade gold mineralization have been reported. The metavolcanics are locally mineralized with disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite associated with varying amounts of alteration. Gold appears to be concentrated in flat plunging lenses that have limited lateral extent. The lenses are arranged in an en echelon pattern.
Nov 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The No. 3 Zone is found along the southwest shore of Russet Lake in the southeast part of the property. The zone is found within chloritic tuffs on the west side of the "Russet Lake talc". These chloritic tuffs strike in a direction slightly west of north. Gold mineralization is more specifically hosted by "brown tuffs" similar in description to the "tuffs" at the Madsen Mine. These "brown tuffs" occur along the trend of the penetrative schistosity which cross-cuts the chloritic tuffs (i.e. they are a feature within the Trans-Russet shear zone). These '"tuffs" dip at 60* to the north-northeast and are commonly silicified and mineralized with disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite and visible gold (Kuryliw, 1968). It is thought that this zone may represent the updip extension of the Madsen No. 8 Zone (Kuryliw, 1972) (Assessment report 52N04SW8900). DDH 74-1 returned up to 0.13 oz/t Au over 2 feet from quartz filled fractures in a green tuff. DDH 74-14 returned up to 0.10 oz/t Au from a brownish-green tuff with trace pyrite (Assessment report 52N04SW0243).
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanics have been silicified and carbonatized next to the ore zone, nad are locally mineralized with disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russet No. 3 Zone | 1966 | Unclassified | 20607 | OFR5558 p. 22 | 22,715 tons grading 0.173 oz/t Au | Gold 0.173 Ounce per Ton |
File - Resident Geologist files 1967-74 Baird #20B; 1946 Baird #5
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Location: Red Lake RGP office
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
Location:
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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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
Location:
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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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 21-22 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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