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Record: MDI52M01NE00002

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Nickel

Location

Township or Area: Ball

Latitude: 51° 1' 50.31"    Longitude: -94° 12' 13.68"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 415586.78   Northing: 5653922.04    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52M01NE

Point Location Description: Trench with showing on OGS map M2265

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The property is located approximately 30 kilometres west of Red Lake in Ball Township, Ontario (NTS 52M/1). Access by water from the town of Red Lake

Exploration History

1960: W. Stupack trenched property. 1969: Ontario Geological Survey collected grab samples. 2004: Goldcorp carried out prospecting and sampling. 2007: Halo Resources conducted IP and magnetic surveys. 2009: Halo Resources carried out a program of reconnaissance mapping and channel sampling. 2010: Halo Resources drilled 3 DDH totalling 1029 m.

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: U. Greenschist

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Felsic tuff underlying this occurrence strikes east-west and dips vertically. Some mineralization has been uncovered in 'iron formation' within the tuff. The occurrence lies very close to the contact of the felsic rocks with overlying chemical sediments. This occurrence may be similar to the Bridget Lake/Cochenour Willans Occurrence (Ball 45).

Lithology

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Oct 14, 2020 (K R Kettles) - Some mineralization has been uncovered in 'iron formation' within the felsic tuff. Ore minerals are gold, minor pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and nickel. A grab sample by the OGS in 1969 assayed: 0.02 opt Au, tr Ag, 0.03% Cu, 0.03% Ni, and 0.08% Zn.

Oct 14, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH EBL10-028 returned 1.43 ppm Au over 1.03 m at 64.97 m depth in a sulphide iron formation with pyrite and pyrrhotite and 3.48 ppm Au over 1.06 m at 405.9 m depth from a felsic dyke in contact with a dolostone. The felsic dyke contains quartz eyes and abundant sulphides. DDH EBL10-029 intersected 4 zones of gold mineralization greater than 1 g/t Au: 1.7 ppm Au over 1.02 m at 52.13 m depth from a dolostone, 1.43 ppm over 1 m at 74 m depth from a dolostone, 1.92 ppm over 4.51 m at 121.03 m depth from a dolostone, and 0.59 ppm over 6 m at 135 m depth from an iron formation with pyrite and pyrrhotite (Assessment report 20000006904).

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

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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