Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52M01SE00074
| Record Name(s) | Pipestone Bay North - 1987 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-13 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Ball
Latitude: 51° 4' 55.84" Longitude: -94° 11' 17.99"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 416764 Northing: 5659635 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01SE
Point Location Description: Location of DDH BB-87-1 from Assessment report 52M01SE0151
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The MDI is located on the north shore of Pipestone Bay, access is by boat or float plane.
1984: Biron Bay Resources conducted ground magnetic and EM surveys. 1987: Biron Bay Resources drilled 1 DDH totalling 374.7 m. 2001: Rubicon Minerals Corp. mucked out and sampled old trenches. 2002: Redstar Gold Corp. carried out prospecting and sampling. 2006: Rubicon carried out soil sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | 52M01SE0151 | 52M01SE0151 |
| 2.24218 | 52M01SE2019 | 52M01SE2019 |
| 2.22085 | 52M01SE2011 | 52M01SE2011 |
| 2.33404 | 20000003524 | 20000003524 |
| 2.6867 | 52M01SE0002 | 52M01SE0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Tectonic Assemblage: Ball
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Jul 31, 2020 (Samuel Lewis) - This area consists of mafic and felsic metavolcanic rocks and metasedimentary rocks. The geology is bounded to the north by the Hammell Lake Batholith. Drill hole BB-87-01, drilled by Biron Bay Resources, intersected ultramafic, mafic and bedded metasediments comprising of talc, serpentine, chert, and basalts.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 31, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH BB-87-1 returned up to 2.24 ppm Au over 1 foot (0.3 m) from a quartz vein with disseminated sulphides in a sheared mafic volcanic (Assessment report 52M01SE0151). A grab sample collected in 2002 only returned 45 ppb Au (Assessment report 52M01SE2019).
Map - Ball Township, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2265 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1975
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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