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| Record Name(s) | West Rowan Lake Vein #2 - 1937, McKenzie Option #2 Vein - 1941, Mount Jamie Mines West Red Lake - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Todd
Latitude: 51° 4' 12.71" Longitude: -94° 8' 3.63"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 420525 Northing: 5658243 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01SE
Point Location Description: AMIS location
Location Method: Data Compilation
1937: West Red Lake Gold Mines Limited. 1941: McKenzie Red Lake Gold Mines Limited optioned the property and carried out trenching and sampling. 1976-77: O'Brien Rivard drilled one diamond drill hole totalling 55 m. 1978: One diamond drill hole totalling 62 m. 1981: Mount Jamie MInes (Quebec) Limited. 1995: Placer Dome Canada Ltd. conducted an IP survey. 1996: Placer dome conducted ground magnetic and VLF surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 22 | 52M01SE0029 | 52M01SE0029 |
| 2.16338 | 52M01SE0006 | 52M01SE0006 |
| 2.17338 | 52M01SE0079 | 52M01SE0079 |
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) - GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: This 'vein' is an auriferous zone that appears to lie within and along rhyolite flows mapped by Riley (1978). The rhyolite strikes roughly N80 deg. W as does the 'vein', and the rhyolite occurs within an area of intermediate pyroclastic rocks. The zone was sampled by T. McVeigh (H.G. Young, 1941) and was apparently traced 450 m, from the northeast corner of the claim KRL 468157 northwestward into the southwest part of KRL 468158. This ' No. 2 vein' was noted by Flaherty (1944), who described it as 'a wide carbonate zone in porphyry (rhyolite)'. The porphyry is highly fractured and brecciated '(flow breccia?)' and the rock is largely replaced by silica and carbonate. All of the above are cross cut by late irregular veinlets of quartz, with patches of green mica (mariposite) in places. Sulphide mineralization amounts to 3% to 10% and the rock weathers to a rusty surface. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: A zone 450 m long and at least 50 cm wide, in altered felsic (flow ?) breccia carries gold values. GEOCHEMICAL DATA: This breccia is enriched in chromium (fuchsite).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz/Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Pyroclastic Breccia | 2 | Intermediate Pyroclastics | Adjacent | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Rhyolite | Flows | Adjacent |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 4 | Rhyolite | Flow Breccia, Porphyritic | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - This 'vein' is an auriferous zone that appears to lie within and along rhyolite flows mapped by Riley (1978). The rhyolite strikes roughly N80 deg. W as does the 'vein', and the rhyolite occurs within an area of intermediate pyroclastic rocks. The zone was sampled by T. McVeigh (H.G. Young, 1941) and was apparently traced 450 m, from the northeast corner of the claim KRL 468157 northwestward into the southwest part of KRL 468158. This ' No. 2 vein' was noted by Flaherty (1944), who described it as 'a wide carbonate zone in porphyry (rhyolite)'. The porphyry is highly fractured and brecciated '(flow breccia?)' and the rock is largely replaced by silica and carbonate. All of the above are cross cut by late irregular veinlets of quartz, with patches of green mica (mariposite) in places. Sulphide mineralization amounts to 3% to 10% and the rock weathers to a rusty surface.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sulphides | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Strong | Disseminated | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Strong | Disseminated | ||
| Mariposite | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 3 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Fuchsite | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 4 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 5 | Strong | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - MDI1 DATA: GRADE 1941 TRENCH SAMPLING: RANGES FROM 0.01 OPT/124 CM TO 2.43 OPT /96.5 CM Sampling by T. McVeigh (H. C. Young, 1941): 0.01 oz/ton Au, 0.343 g/tonne Au, 124 Width (cm); 0.50 oz/ton Au, 17.143 g/tonne Au, 50.8 Width (cm); 0.05 oz/ton Au, 1.714 g/tonne Au, 48.3 Width (cm); 0.36 oz/ton Au, 12.343 g/tonne Au, 50.1 Width (cm); 0.04 oz/ton Au, 1.371 g/tonne Au, 50.1 Width (cm); 2.43 oz/ton Au, 83.313 g/tonne Au, 96.5 Width (cm); 1.36 oz/ton Au, 46.628 g/tonne Au, 60.1 Width (cm); 0.45 oz/ton Au, 15.429 g/tonne Au, 60.1 Width (cm)
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The felsic breccia is altered to silica, carbonate and mariposite (fushsite) and is rich in sulphide minerals.
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1940 Todd #5
Publication Number: AF RL 1940 Date: 1940
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
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: 642-643 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: RGF 1944 Date: 1944
Author: Flaherty, G.F.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: RGF 1941 Date: 1941
Author: Yound, H.G.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
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