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| Record Name(s) | Russet - Vein #1 - 1936, Aiken-Russet #1 Vein - 1965 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Baird
Latitude: 50° 58' 24.88" Longitude: -93° 56' 7.14"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 434332.6 Northing: 5647303.025 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K13NW
Point Location Description: Trench/DDHS
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 800m W of RR\usset Lake (W shore).
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 |
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| 63.3364 | 52N04SW8901 | 52N04SW8901 |
| 63.3098 | 52N04SW0243 | 52N04SW0243 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Local
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 No. 1 vein, formerly known as the 'tuff zone' ranges from 1.8 m to 7.9 m, and has been explored over a strike length of 1000 m.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Altered - Carbonate, Silica | Flows | Host |
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| 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 no. 1 vein, formerly known as the 'tuff zone' is exposed over 1000 m. .
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The No. 1 vein ( or 'tuff zone') was explored over a strike length of 1000m. The zone is 1.8 to 7.9 m wide, and visible gold is reported from drilling. Early reports indicated six widely spaced intersections ranging from 0.10 oz/ton to 0.22 oz/ton Au. Drilling indicated a zone 33.6 m long and 1.2 m wide averaging 0.14 oz/ton Au.
Aug 09, 2022 (Q Unknown) - 1941: several trenches on vein #1, best assay 0.14 opt Au/2 ft (TR #4). 1944: several DDHs in lake on strike, assays up to 0.31 opt Au/1.4ft (#7).
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - No alteration is documented for this vein, but it is described as probably similar to the # 3 zone, 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 #1 Vein | 1987 | Unclassified | 9072 | OFR 5558 | No year given for reserves, used OFR publication year. | Gold 5.14 NA |
File - Resident Geologist files Baird #5, 20A
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Location: Red Lake RGP office
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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Compend - Summary of field work, 1983
Publication Number: MP116 Page: 216-219 Date: 1983
Author: Wood J., White O.L., Barlow R.B., Colvine A.C.
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: 23-24 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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