Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52M01SE00040
| Record Name(s) | Hammell Lake - 1971, Minorex Ltd. - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Todd
Latitude: 51° 4' 21" Longitude: -94° 3' 29.94"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 425855 Northing: 5658420 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01SE
Point Location Description: Point 38 on map in Figure 2 in OFR5558, Au,Ag symbol southwest of Hammell Lake on OGS map M2406
Location Method: Data Compilation
1971: Grab sampling by OGS. 1978: Staked by Minorex Limited. 1979: EM and MAG surveys. 1987: Inlet Resources Ltd and Golden Day Mining Exploration Inc. carried out mapping, magnetic and VLF-EM surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.11505 | 52M01SE0007 | 52M01SE0007 |
| 2.10825 | 52M01SE9960 | 52M01SE9960 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Located within a large area of mafic volcanic rocks, 60m south of the contact with clastic sediments, this occurence is actually hosted in fragmental mafic volcanic rocks. Riley (1978) collected a sample of quartz at this locality that assayed 0.82 oz/ton Au.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Fragmental | Adjacent | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Clastic Sediments | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - MDI1 DATA: GRADE 1971 GRAB SAMPLE: 0.82 OPT(28.114 G/TONNE) AU AND 0.12 OPT (4.114 G/TONNE)AG.
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 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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