Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Carricona No. 1 Showing - 1938 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Mar-11 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Heyson
Latitude: 50° 58' .47" Longitude: -93° 50' 39.6"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 440711.576 Northing: 5646471.965 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K13NW
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Carricona Gold MInes Ltd. was organized in 1938 to acquire the property. 1938: Surface work. 1944: at least 13 drill holes were completed (not recorded). 1980: Minorex Ltd. stake 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
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.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Porphyry-unsubdivided | 1 | Flows And Flow Breccias | Breccias | Adjacent |
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Vein | 2 | Quartz | Stringers | Host |
Diorite | 3 | Diorite | Dikes | Near |
Gabbro | 4 | Gabbro | Dikes | Near |
Quartz Porphyry | 5 | Qtz Porphyry | Dikes, Sheared | Host |
Feldspar Porphyry | 6 | Feldspar Prorphyry | Dikes | Near |
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 7 | Unsubdivided | Near | |
Granite | 8 | Dikes | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The No 1 showing consists of narrow quartz stringers up to 12 cm wide, which have been traced on surface for 45.8 m. An average width of the zone of approximately 4.58 m has been reported. The zone is situated in a unit of sheared quartz porphyry.
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 | ||||
1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Veins |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - It has been reported that samples over widths of 1.22 m returned gold values of up to 0.63 oz/ton ( 21.6 g/tonne).
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1943 Heyson #5
Publication Number: AF RL 1943 Date: 1943
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Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1988 Heyson #86
Publication Number: AF RL 1988 Date: 1988
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Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1988 Heyson #94
Publication Number: AF RL1988A Date: 1988
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Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1989 Heyson #90
Publication Number: AF RL 1989 Date: 1989
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Location: Red Lake RGP
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
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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 499-500 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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File - 1944, Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: RGF 1944 Date: 1944
Author: Hicks, H. S.
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Location: Red Lake RGP
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