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| Record Name(s) | Douglas Creek - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Mulcahy
Latitude: 50° 58' 54.69" Longitude: -94° 13' 31.2"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 413986.75 Northing: 5648522.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52L16NE
Point Location Description: Au showing on OGS map M2295
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access from Red Lake down Suffel (Flat) Lake Road
Trenching and at least three diamond drill holes were completed on the showing some time prior to 1968. The Ontario Department of Mines sampled the showing in 1968. 2001: Goldcorp Inc. carried out mapping and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.23827 | 52M01SE2018 | 52M01SE2018 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: An auriferous quartz vein is located in a small (300 m x 30 m ) wedge of N-S trending clastic metasediments. This unit is composed of pyrrhotitic, pyritic and/or graphitic argillite. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: A 15 cm wide quartz vein was found to carry low gold values.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Mudstone | 3 | Graphitic Argillite | Adjacent | |
| Granite | 4 | Near | ||
| Gabbro | 5 | Gabbro | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - MDI1 DATA: GRADE 1968 OGS GRAB SAMPLE: 0.04 OPT AU One grab sample from the quartz vein assayed 0.04 oz/ton (1.371 g/tonne) Au.
File - Resident Geologist files 1989 Mulcahy #13
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Location: Red Lake RGP office
Map - Mulcahy Township, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: P0567 Scale: 1:9,600 Date: 1997
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 622 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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