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Record: MDI52M01SE00039

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Todd

Latitude: 51° 2' 1.8"    Longitude: -94° 3' 39.96"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 425598   Northing: 5654123    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52M01SE

Point Location Description: Immediately south of a gabbro outcrop in E-W trending mafic metavolcanics

Location Method: Data Compilation

Exploration History

1944: Andrew Hager. 1945-46: Geological mapping, trenching, and some diamond drilling close to this occurrence. 1946-55: Canadian Gold and Metals Mining Company Limited. 1964-68: Dickenson Mines Limited. 1968: Dickenson Mines conducted a magnetometer survey. 1970-75: Cochenour Willian Gold Mines Limited. 1981: Canadian Nickel Company Limited. 1982: Canadian Nickel conducted airborne electromagnetic, magnetometer, radiometric surveys. 1989: P.A. Diorio conducted VLF-EM and magnetic surveys. 1990: BHP-Utah Mines Ltd. drilled 3 DDH totalling 358.84 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: Amphibolite

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: This locality is underlain by mafic volcanics having an east-west striking, vertically dipping foliation. Holan (1946) indicates that a trench in mafic lava contains a north-south striking quartz vein that assayed 0.04 oz/ton (1.371 g/tonne) Au over 4 feet. Holan (1946) indicates that the trench lies immediately south of a gabbro outcrop, however, positioning this trench on Riley's map (1978) places the occurrence about 50 m north of a major gabbro. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: This is a quartz vein 4 feet wide that carries low values in gold.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - This locality is underlain by mafic volcanics having an east-west striking, vertically dipping foliation. Holan (1946) indicates that a trench in mafic lava contains a north-south striking quartz vein that assayed 0.04 oz/ton (1.371 g/tonne) Au over 4 feet. Holan (1946) indicates that the trench lies immediately south of a gabbro outcrop, however, positioning this trench on Riley's map (1978) places the occurrence about 50 m north of a major gabbro.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - MDI1 DATA: GRADE 1946 TRENCH: 0.04 OPT AU OVER 4 FT, GRADE 1990 DDH BY BPH-UTAH: NO ASSAYS AVAILABLE, LOCATION: APPROXIMATE An assay of 0.04 oz/ton (1.371 g/tonne) Au over 4 feet was obtained by Canadian Gold and Metal Mining Company Limited.

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic volcanics in this area are carbonatized.

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files 1946-68 Todd #4, 21

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Author:

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Location: Red Lake RGP office

Map - Todd Township, Kenora District

Publication Number: M2406 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1978

Author: Riley R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

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

Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 691-692  Date: 1987

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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