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Record: MDI52M01SE00059

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Middle Bay #4 Vein - 1934, Miles Red Lake Middle Bay Zone #4 Vein - 1945
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Ball

Latitude: 51° 2' 40.28"    Longitude: -94° 14' 38.05"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 412800.83   Northing: 5655512    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52M01SE

Point Location Description: TRENCH

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: WEST OF MIDDLE BAY, SOUTH OFTRENCH No.1 IN SERIES OF TRENCHES FOUND IN MDI52M01SE00220 ( MIDDLE BAY #3 VEIN).



Exploration History

1934: Property owned by Cardinal Gold Mines Ltd., followed by Middle Bay Mines Ltd. 1945: Miles Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. held property. 1963: Cochenour Willans Gold Mines Ltd. owned property. 2005: Goldcorp Inc. carried out sampling. 2006-07: Halo Resources carried out sampling, mapping, and IP and magnetic surveys. 2009: Halo carried out sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.47438 20000006127 20000006127
2.29219 52M01SE2041 52M01SE2041
2.33675 20000002000 20000002000
2.42656 20000013670 20000013670
2.35048 20000002162 20000002162

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) - Intermediate tuffs contain an auriferous quartz vein parallel to the NW-SE strike.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Intermediate Tuff 2 Talcose Tuffs And Pyroclastics Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
TalcAlterationSteatization1UnknownReplacement

Mineralization Comments

Sep 30, 2020 (A McKee) - Gold occurs in a quartz vein parallel to the strike of the host intermediate tuffs. Assays from 1935 consist of the following: .02 opt Au/.49 m, tr Au/.37 m, .01 opt Au/.12 m, and .03 opt Au/.24 m.



Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Talc schist occurs in the footwall intermediate tuffs to the vein.




Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files Ball #2, 56

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP office


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 Page: 98  Date: 1987

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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