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Record: MDI52L16NE00009

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper

Location

Township or Area: Killala

Latitude: 50° 56' 25.98"    Longitude: -94° 7' 21.98"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 421116   Northing: 5643814    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52L16NE

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Located from the Town of Red Lake to the town of Madsen and 2 km south of Madsen the Flat lake road, down Flat Lake rd. there are many secondary roads, atv trails and drill roads that access the area

Exploration History

1936: The property was first staked by T. Christianson and E. Frederickson who performed surface work. 1938: The ground was optioned by J.E. Hammel who completed 19 drill holes for 610 m. 1952: The property had been re-staked by A. Larson. 1954: The property was held by J. Hurnous who completed 10 trenches and 44 drill holes totalling 1645.78 m. 1964: Unknown individuals drilled 2 DDH totalling 113.7 m. 1980: The property was optioned to Sherrit Gordon Mines Ltd. by E. Gay of Red Lake. Twenty-three trenches were cleaned out, and an extensive sampling program of these trenches was carried out. 1989: Tasu and Black Cliff mapped the geology of the Laird Lake area, conducted an IP survey, and drilled two holes, LL-89-9 & 11, beneath the showing. 2008-2009: Laird Lake Resources conducted prospecting and mechanical stripping programs. 2010: L.K. Herbert carried out prospecting to locate the historical showings on the property; 3 samples were taken from this point by Champlain Resources and completed induced polarization and magnetometer geophysical ground surveys. 2012-2015: Bounty Gold Corp prospected and mechanically stripped the showing. 2017: Premier Gold Mines Ltd. drilled 6 holes totalling 3660.1 m, including 1 hole totalling 624.1 m on this showing.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite

Geology Comments

Nov 01, 2016 (K R Kettles) - GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: The property is located approximately 1 km south of the Killala-Baird Batholith. It is underlain by a zone of sheared and altered mafic metavolcanics and iron formation. This zone extends along the south shore and of Laird Lake and strikes approximately N70 deg. E. Rocks in the zone dip 80 deg. S. Both the metavolcanics and iron formation are highly sheared. These shear zones are heavily mineralizied with pyrite and chalcopyrite. Some shear zones have been reported to contain quartz veins with widths up to 10 cm. In the sheared iron formation, magnetite has been replaced by hematite and limonite. Trenching has exposed the quartz veins and pyrite and chalcopyrite seem to occur along the borders of the vein. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: The showing is comprised of zones of sheared and rusty mafic metavolcanics. The zones are irregular and contain some quartz and considerable fine pyrite. Maximum widths of up to 2.1 m have been observed and strike for 50 m. Left lateral NE-SW striking faults cut the mineralizated zones.

Lithology

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - MDI 1 DATA: GRADE 1940 SURFACE SAMPLES: RANGE FROM 0.10-0.20 OPT AU, GRADE 1980: ONLY 2 ASSAYS OVER 0.10 OPT AU:0.12 AND 0.14 OPT AU, BOTH OVER NARROW WIDTHS, GRADE 1988 GRAB SAMPLES: UP TO 8151 PPB AU Horwood (1940) reports surface sample assays ranging from 0.10 oz/ton (3.429 g/tonne)Au to 0.20 oz/ton (6.857 g/tonne) Au. The 1980 sampling program returned only two assays over 0.10 oz/ton (3.429 g/tonne) Au, these being 0.12 oz/ton (4.114 g/tonne)Au and 0.14 oz/ton (4.800 g/tonne)Au, both over narrow widths.

Nov 01, 2016 (A McKee) - Dec 2010 - Grab samples 9.33 ppm Au. Channel samples have run as high as 35 g/t over 2.1 meters, with grab samples as high as 84.1 g/t.

Jul 14, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH 17-LD-003 returned 0.961 g/t Au over 1 m from 97-98 m from mafic metavolcanics strongly banded with pyrite and pyrrhotite mineralization (Assessment report 20000015350). Samples taken in 202 returned assays ranging from 2.67 up to 54.92 g/t Au. Grab samples collected in 2013 returned assays that ranged from 4.71 up to 48.62 g/t Au (Assessment report 20000014000).

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanics have been silicified and carbonatized.

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2

Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 540-541  Date: 1987

Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area

Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 148-149  Date: 1998

Author: Horwood H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Killala Township

Publication Number: P3248 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1995

Author: Atkinson B.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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