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| Record Name(s) | Aiken-Russet Mines DDH # Ak 77-1 - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1996-Dec-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Baird
Latitude: 50° 59' 49.34" Longitude: -93° 56' 48.13"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 433566.619 Northing: 5649922.045 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K13NW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
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 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. In 1976, Madsen Red Lake flew an airborne survey of their property, and included a small portion in the northeastern corner of the Aiken-Russet property. 1983: Company was sold to Herman Becker-Fluegel of New York City.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The following description of the drill holes is from Tindale (1977): 'The hole was collared in dark green peridotite and passed into an alternating sequence of lean cherty iron formation, black graphitic sediments, and carbonate rich sediments. The extensive sections of graphite-rich rocks explains the anomalous electromagnetic response. Minor amounts of chalcopyrite, sphalerite and pyrite was noted, particularly in the graphite. Magnetite was common in the iron formation.' A long sinuous magnetic anomaly found by geophysics represents the graphite sediments and the iron formation.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Lean Cherty - Magnetite | Iron Formation | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Graphitic | Sediments | Host |
| Meso-Carbonate-Bearing Silicate | 3 | Carbonate Rich | Sediments | Near |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Mafic | Flows | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The iron formation is mainly a lean cherty iron formation, and magnetite is commonly found in it.The iron formation is interbedded with graphitic sediments which contain disseminated sulphides.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chert | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Low gold values occur in a unit composed of interbedded graphitic sediments and iron formation. Minor amounts of cp, sp, po, and py were noted in the graphite member, and magnetite is common in the iron formation. The following assays were returned from the diamond drill hole: From 20.9 to 22.6 m: .01 Au opt, 0.19% Zn; from 23.2 to 25.2 m: tr Au and 0.15% Zn; from 26.8 to 29.7 m: tr Au and 0.24% Zn; from 29.7 to 32.5 m: 0.01 opt Au; and from 32.5 to 34.2 m: tr Au and 0.26% Zn.
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 54-55 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - 1974 Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: AF RL 1974 Date: 1974
Author: Tindale, J.L.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
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