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Record: MDI52K14NW00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Dixie Prospect - 18 - 1983
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created	1983-Feb-28
Date Last Modified	2022-Sep-01
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Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Silver

Location

Township or Area: South Of Otter Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 56' 15.09" Longitude: -93° 18' 6.72"

UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 478789.7 Northing: 5642920.9 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52K14NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 40 km NE of Ear Falls. Road access to the property is via the gravelled Snake Falls logging road which runs NE from Highway 105 at a point just north of the Trout Lake River Bridge.

Exploration History

Intermittent exploration since 1950s with resurgence in 1960s upon the discovery of South Bay. 1977: Selco Mining Corp. Ltd. conducted an airborne EM survey and drilled 7 DDH totalling 2108 ft. 1988: Noranda drilled 1 DDH totalling 481 m. 1985: BP Resources Canada Ltd. drilled 1 DDH totalling 452.6 ft. 1990-1994 Minnova-Inmet, 1994-1998 Noranda, 2002: Tribute Minerals optioned the property from Noranda: line cutting, geophysical surveys. Quantec Geosciences Titan-24 surveys, 4 drill hole @ totalling 2000 m on the Dixie 19 and 20 Zones (20 Zone being the eastern extension of the Dixie 18 Zone). 2003: Tribute drilled 4 DDH totalling 3994 m on Zone 20. 2013: claim staked by P. English. 2015: claim transferred to Rubicon Minerals Corp.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
RL 52K14NW #33 / 2.26114	52K14NW2008	52K14NW2008
63.3503	52K14NW0029	52K14NW0029
25	52K14NW0010	52K14NW0010
29	52K14NW0005	52K14NW0005
2.29702	20000000691	20000000691
2.31734	20000001225	20000001225
2.18690	52K14NW2001	52K14NW2001
2.14362	52K14NW0032	52K14NW0032
2.2426	52K14NW0036	52K14NW0036
63.3472	52K14NW0038	52K14NW0038

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Geological Age: Archean

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided	1	Anthophyllite � Garnet	Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided	2		Near
Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry	3	Quartz-Feldspar	Near
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided	4		Near

Lithology Comments

Mar 09, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Dixie property is comprised of south-younging amphibolitized mafic flows, andesitic to dacitic flows and pyroclastics, and an upper sequence of chemical metasediments comprising marbles, iron formation and chert. The metasediments appear to be overlain to the south by a later cycle of mafic to felsic metavolcanics.

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type
1	Sphalerite	Economic	Ore
2	Chalcopyrite	Economic	Ore
3	Pyrite	Economic	Ore
4	Pyrrhotite	Economic	Ore
5	Anthophyllite	Economic	Gangue
6	Garnet	Economic	Gangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 09, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Mineralized horizons occur with a highly altered intermediate metavolcanics interbedded with chemical metasediments including iron formation and marble which have been intruded by synvolcanic to younger gabbro, diorite to granodiorite. The Dixie property contains several known areas of mineralization including a mineralized marker horizon, containing copper and zinc values in chalcopyrite and iron-rich sphalerite, respectively, which appears to extend for more than thirty kilometres to the east and northeast. Selco Mining’s 1977 drill program had the following results: Hole 150-18-3 intersected 9.9 ft of sulphides, averaging 0.57% Cu, 2.79% Zn, and 0.50 opt Ag. Hole 150-18-4 intersected 14.1 ft of sulphides, averaging 0.43% Cu, 15.44% Zn, 0.61 opt Ag. Hole 150-18-8 intersected 16.1 ft of sulphides, averaging 0.68% Cu, 10.09% Zn, and 0.53 opt Ag. Hole 150-18-10 intersected 9.1 ft of sulphides, averaging 0.48% Cu, 5.61% Zn and 0.26 opt Ag. Hole 150-18-9 intersected 4.0 ft of massive sulphides, averaging 1.53% Cu, 7.54% Zn and 0.86 opt Ag.

Alteration Comments

Mar 09, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Mineralized metavolcanics typically exhibited chlorite-biotite-garnetanthophyllite footwall alteration.

Mineral Record Details

Classification
Rank	Classification
1	VMS Base Metal

Characteristics
Rank	Characteristic
1	Sheared

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape	Length	Thickness	Depth	Strike	Dip	Plunge	Trend	Age	Reference
Regular	250	150

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone	Year	Category	Tonnes	Reference	Comments	Commodities
Dixie 18	1998	Unclassified	110000	(AF King and Petrie 1998) AFRI# 52K14NW2001 (AFRO# 2.18690), p. 2	Grade: 0.55% Cu, 12.5% Zn, and 19.5 g/t (0.57 opt) Ag	Copper 0.55 Percent, Silver 0.57 Ounce per Ton, Zinc 12.5 Percent