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Record: MDI52M01NE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) RRowan Consolidated Occurrence - 1936
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1997-Jan-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Ball

Latitude: 51° 3' 2.1"    Longitude: -94° 14' 13.92"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 413282   Northing: 5656178    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52M01NE

Point Location Description: Showing on OGS map M2265

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1936: Owned by G. A. Rowan, Rowan Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. Post 1936: Owned by Town of Red Lake Gold Mines and subsequently Rowan Consolidated. No assessment reports found 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) - The occurrence is hosted by a serpentinized ultramafic intrusion, just south of the contact of this intrusion with volcanic rocks and iron formation.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Serpentinite 1 Serpentinized Intrusion Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
2SilverEconomicOre
3PentlanditeEconomicOre
SerpentineAlterationSerpentinization1UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Sep 29, 2020 (K R Kettles) - Gold, silver and nickel occur in serpentinized ultramafic intrusive, just south of its contact with iron formation and volcanics. No assays reported.



Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The ultramafic intrusion is serpentinized.




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

Location:


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