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Record: MDI52L11NE00034

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Jet Tungsten Property - 1954, Manigotagan River - 1965, North Showing - 1965, Mamen Property - 1945
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1988-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Tungsten, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Rickaby Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 42' 46.18"    Longitude: -95° 8' 16.2"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 349072   Northing: 5620071    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52L11NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Tuff 1 Tuff Contains
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Contains
Vein 3 Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ScheeliteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4GalenaEconomicOre
5GoldEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Nov 12, 2014 (A Wilson) - Tungsten-bearing and gold-bearing quartz veins are found mainly in lenses of schistose tuffaceous sediment that are interbedded with massive acid crystal tuff. The main vein was traced for 200 feet and has a maximum thickness of 3 ft. Tungsten values range 1.56% over 0.9 ft, 3.88% over 0.7 ft and 2.12% over 0.6 ft. Gold values range from 0.01 oz/t Au over 2.8 ft, to 0.11 oz/t over 1.1 ft.


Jul 27, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Grade: up to 3% scheelite, up to 0.4 opt Au over 1.8-2.1 m.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Bee Lake area, Kenora District

Publication Number: M2097 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Bee Lake area, District of Kenora

Publication Number: R047 Page: 35, 37  Date: 1967

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 245  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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