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| Record Name(s) | Miles Red Lake Mines Occurrence - 1934, Miles Red Lake 'KRL 1886' Occurrence - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1997-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Ball
Latitude: 51° 2' 44.89" Longitude: -94° 15' 39.84"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 411600 Northing: 5655675 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01NE
Point Location Description: Showing on OGS map M2265
Location Method: Data Compilation
Pre-1934: Foley Red Lake Mining Company carried out trenching. 1934: Owned by Middle Bay Mines Ltd. 1946: Miles Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. did sampling. 2008: Halo Resources carried out mapping and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.39512 | 20000003338 | 20000003338 |
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) - A quartz feldspar porphyry dike occurs within mafic lava. The dike has a banded appearance due to shearing. Stringers and bulges of quartz in the porphyry are sparsely mineralized with pyrite and chalcopyrite. The veins are up to 3 m wide; and this sheared zone is 6 m wide.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 2 | Silica/Quartz Vein | Sheared | Contains |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Quartz-Feldspar | Dike | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - A sheared quartz feldspar porphyry dike occurs within mafic lava.
| 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 30, 2020 (K R Kettles) - A silicified sheared zone is 6 m wide, occurs in a quartz-feldspar porphyry dike, and contains stringers and bulges of quartz which are mineralized with gold, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. Low grade gold values were obtained in veins and wallrock in 1946 but good pannings were obtained from grab samples. No assays have been reported.
File - 1946, Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: AF RL 1946 Date: 1946
Author: Cross, P.S.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 104 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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