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Record: MDI52M01SE00023

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver, Zinc

Location

Township or Area: Ball

Latitude: 51° 2' 20.91"    Longitude: -94° 13' 28.05"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 414154   Northing: 5654891    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52M01SE

Point Location Description: Trench location on OGS map M2265

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: GOLD SHAFT ON ISLAND IN MIDDLE BAY, PROP 21.

Exploration History

1927: Surface work, by N. Spiers and O. May. 1928: staked by N. Spiers and S. Sharkey, who carried out exploration work. 1933-34: May-Spiers Gold Mining Syndicate trenched, performed test pitting and drilled six shallow diamond drill holes totaling 6000 ft. 1935-37: May-Spiers Gold Mines Limited a 3-compartment vertical shaft sunk to 375 ft with 2 levels. A mining plant was installed on the island in 1935. An additional 5300 ft had been drilled. Surface trenching, test pitting had also been completed. 1936: the property was patented. 1937: operations ceased in April. Later in the year, the mining plant was destroyed by a bush fire. 1980-82: Dumont Nickel Corp. optioned property, performed VLF and magnetometer surveys, geological compilation, and drilled 5 DDH totalling 800 m. 2001: Goldcorp carried out prospecting and sampling. 2003 and 2004, grab samples taken over the entire property by Goldcorp. 2007: Halo Resources conducted IP and magnetometer surveys.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Tectonic Assemblage: Ball

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: U. Greenschist

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Intermediate and felsic pyroclastic rocks are sheared parallel to bedding that strikes east-west and dips about 60 degs N. Narrow, lenticular quartz veins carry gold. The wallrocks may be silicified. A.S. Bayne reports that the workings (shaft and drifts) may not have intersected the main ore zone.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Wallrocks which also host the deposit consist of felsic and intermediate tuffs and pyroclastics.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Mar 22, 2012 (K R Kettles) - The gold is hosted in lenticular quartz veins which occur in intermediate and felsic pyroclastics which are sheared east-west and dip 60 degs N. The main zone has been traced 108 m along strike, and down to a depth of 107 m. Values found in underground workings were lower than on surface or in diamond drill holes. A.S. Bayne reports that the workings may not have intersected the main ore zone. Assays from 1934 to 1938 work are the following: 0.16 to .42 opt Au over 0.9 m on surface; up to 0.56 opt Au over 1.83 m in a ddh, at 30.5 m depth; up to 1.18 opt Au over 2.44 m in a ddh, at 84 m depth; up to 0.25 opt Au over 1.83 m in a ddh at 91 m depth; and 0.045 to 0.09 opt Au over a drift width in underground samples. 2003. Goldcorp took multiple samples, highest assay returned 4.09 ppm Au

Sep 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The property is underlain by mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks and quartz porphyry. The gold is carried in white to grey to grey-green quartz veins that occur in shear zones close to or along the contacts between the intermediate and felsic rocks. The veins are narrow and somewhat lenticular and contain pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and gold. The veins strike east-west and dip 57 to 67° north. On the 225- foot level, the North vein is 60 inches wide in one place, but is generally less than 2 feet with a grade of 0.11 ounce Au per ton. The central and south veins have a width of 10 inches or less and grades 0.045 ounces of Au per ton. On the 350-foot level, the North vein has a maximum width of 20 inches and a grade of 0.07 ounces of Au per ton. The South vein is 30 inches wide, but did not return gold values (Horwood, 1940). Sample 11089 collected by Goldcorp in 2005 returned 4090 ppb Au, 14.8 ppm Ag, 2620 ppm Cu, 339 ppm Zn and 55 ppm Pb. DDH 82-1 returned up to 0.115 oz/t Au (3.94 g/t Au) and 0.3 oz/t Ag (10.28 g/t Ag) over 1.4 feet (0.43 m), and 0.104 oz/t Au (3.57 g/t Au) and 1.0 oz/t Ag (34.28 g/t Ag) over 0.5 feet (0.15 m). OGS sample 96CS038 returned 0.16 oz/t Au from a quartz vein. OGS sample 2006CS011 returned 0.13 oz/t Au (4.46 g/t Au), 17 ppm Ag, 2660 ppm Cu, 142 ppm Zn, and 58 ppm Pb (Lichtblau et al., 2007). Sample 632537 collected in 2001 returned 3.6 g/t Au, 221 ppm Ag, 2980 ppm Cu, and 7060 ppm Zn from a felsic metavolcanic with pyritic stockwork and veinlets (Assessment report 52M01SE2018).

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The wall rocks may be silicified in and next to the shear.

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Shear

Site Visit Information

Date: Jan 09, 1997

Geologist: K R Kettles

Notes: N/A

References

Map - Red Lake area [west sheet], District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49A Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Horwood H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

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

Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 107-108  Date: 1987

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Part - Gold deposits in the vicinity of Red Lake

Publication Number: ARV44-06.001 Page: 46-47  Date: 1997

Author: Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Map - Red Lake area, District of Kenora, geological compilation map

Publication Number: P0338 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Mono - Report of Activities 2006, Resident Geologist Program, Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Red Lake and Kenora Districts

Publication Number: OFR6200 Page: 38-43  Date: 2007

Author: Lichtblau A.F., Ravnaas C., Storey C.C., Raoul A., Saunders D., McDonald J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area

Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 184-185  Date: 1998

Author: Horwood H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Map - Red Lake sheet, District of Kenora, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0355 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Brown D.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 66  Date: 1996

Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

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