Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Miles Red Lake Mines Middle Bay Zone - 1945, Middle Bay Zone KRL 1893 Occurrence - 1975 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1997-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | K R Kettles |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Ball
Latitude: 51° 2' 24.38" Longitude: -94° 14' 44.6"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 412665 Northing: 5655023 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01NE
Point Location Description: Trench with Au showing in claim 1893 on OGS map M2265
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Red Lake Pipestone Bay area
1934: owned by Cardinal Gold Mines Ltd. then by Middle Bay Mines. 1945: Miles Red Lake Gold Mines owned the property. During this time (1934 to 1945) some trenching occurred. 1963: Cochenour Willans Gold Mines carried out regional self potential and magnetometer surveys. 2003 and 2004, grab samples taken over the entire property by Gold Corp. 2007: Halo Resources conducted magnetic and IP surveys. 2012: Halo Resources carried out prospecting, sampling, and mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| BALG 120 / 2.29219 | 52M01SE2041 | 52M01SE2041 |
| 2.53928 | 20000008848 | 20000008848 |
| 2.42656 | 20000013670 | 20000013670 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: U. Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Intermediate tuff and mafic lava strike NW-SE and dip 75 degs NE. A trench at the contact of the intermediate and mafic rocks reportedly contains gold (Riley 1975). This showing may be similar to the Miles 'South Middle Bay Zone'.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Lava Flows | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Sep 30, 2020 (K R Kettles) - Gold reportedly occurs at the contact between a mafic lava unit and an intermediate tuff unit. 2003. Goldcorp took multiple samples, highest assay returned 5.13 ppm Au from a location approximately 300 m south of the recorded trench location. No assays were recorded from the trench location.
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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