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Record: MDI52M01NE00001

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hansen and Madison Occurrence - 1987, May-Spiers Gold Mines - 1934, KRL 6281 Occurrence - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1997-Jan-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Ball

Latitude: 51° 2' 30.45"    Longitude: -94° 12' 45.53"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 414986.8   Northing: 5655172.03    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52M01NE

Point Location Description: Ni, Au, asb showing from OGS map M2265

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1934: Property owned by May-Spiers Gold Mines Ltd. Post-1934: Hansen, H.N., and Madison, K.S. performed sampling on property. 1980: Dumont Nickel Corporation carried out magnetometer and VLF electromagnetic surveys. 2011: Goldcorp carried out sampling. 2004: Goldcorp carried out sampling. 2007: Halo Resources conducted IP and magnetometer surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.29219 52M01SE2041 52M01SE2041
2.23827 52M01SE2018 52M01SE2018
63.3795 52M01SE0167 52M01SE0167
2.35048 20000002162 20000002162

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: U. Greenschist



Geology Comments

Sep 30, 2020 (K R Kettles) - This showing is hosted in serpentinized and talcose ultramafic rocks, that are part of the large stock that underlies the Pipestone Bay area.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Serpentinite 1 Serpentinized And Talcose Stock Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
2SilverEconomicOre
3PentlanditeEconomicOre
SerpentineAlterationSerpentinization1StrongReplacement
TalcAlterationSerpentinization2StrongReplacement

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The showing is hosted in serpentinized and talcose ultramafic rocks. Ore minerals are gold, silver, and nickel. Grab samples collected in 1969 assayed: 0.01 opt Au, 0.19 opt Ag, 0.18 % Ni.


Sep 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 11380 collected by Goldcorp in 2004 returned 2280 ppm Ni and 2270 ppm Cr (Assessment report 52M01SE2041).



Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The ultramafic rocks are serpentinized and talcose.




Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Ball Township, Kenora District

Publication Number: M2265 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1975

Author: Riley R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5558 Scale:     Date: 1987

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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