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| Record Name(s) | Middle Bay - South Zone - 1945, Miles - Middle Bay Zone - 1934, Veins #1 and #2 - 1934, Miles Red Lake South Middle Bay Zone - 1945 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Ball
Latitude: 51° 2' 33.17" Longitude: -94° 14' 42.33"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 412713.83 Northing: 5655294 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01SE
Point Location Description: trenches and drill holes
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: West of Middle Bay
Pre-1934: trenching 1934: Cardinal Gold Mines Ltd. drilled 8 diamond drill holes totalling 709 m; developed an exploration pit 4.6m deep. 1945: Owned by Miles Red Lake Gold Mines. 1963: Cochenour Willans Gold Mines carried out regional self potential, magnetometer surveys, 2 diamond drill holes, and sampling. 2005: Goldcorp Inc. carried out sampling. 2006-07: Halo Resources carried out sampling, mapping, and IP and magnetic surveys. 2008: Halo drilled 3 DDH totalling 630 m. 2009: Halo carried out sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.29219 | 52M01SE2041 | 52M01SE2041 |
| 2.33675 | 20000002000 | 20000002000 |
| 2.42656 | 20000013670 | 20000013670 |
| 2.35048 | 20000002162 | 20000002162 |
| 2.47438 | 20000006127 | 20000006127 |
| 2.41140 | 20000004122 | 20000004122 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Intermediate To Felsic | Pyroclastics | Contains |
| Intermediate Pyroclastic Breccia | 3 | Felsic To Intermediate | Pyroclastics | Adjacent |
Nov 21, 2014 (K R Kettles) - Intermediate and felsic tuffs are interlayered with mafic lavas. The pyroclastic rocks are sheared parallel to bedding and contain auriferous quartz stringers and veins up to 45 cm wide. The wallrocks contain much sulphide, and are altered to actinolite and carbonate adjacent to the veins.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Marcasite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Actinolite | Alteration | Skarn | 1 | Unknown | Replacement | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Medium | Stockwork |
Sep 30, 2020 (K R Kettles) - The felsic to intermediate pyroclastics contain a shear zone which can be traced for 900 m. Within the shear zone are auriferous quartz stringers and veins containing gold, silver, with minor chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite and marcasite. The wall rock contains significant sulphides as well. Assays from samples in the southeast corner of KRL 1894 returned assays of 0.26 opt Au/.55m, 0.04 opt Au/.61 m, 0.06 opt Au/.46 m, 0.21 opt Au/.82 m, 0.29 opt Au/.3 m, 0.18 opt Au/1.52 m, 0.35 opt Au/1.01 m, 0.07 opt Au/.82 m, 0.11 opt Au/.43 m, and 0.12 opt Au/.46 m. In 1963 a sample assayed 0.42 opt Au/.61 m and samples assayed up to 2.7 opt Ag/.61 m. 2009 Multiple grab samples taken - highest 8.34 ppm Au and 12,350 ppm Cu (Assessment report 20000006127).
Sep 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH RL08-01 returned up to 4.28 g/t Au and 9780 ppm Zn over 0.3 m and 3.72 g/t Au over 0.6 m from a basalt flow with major pyrite, minor sphalerite and pyrrhotite, and trace chalcopyrite. Sulphides occur in layers or quartz-carbonate veins (Assessment report 20000004122).
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The wallrocks contain significant sulphides and are altered to actinolite and carbonate adjacent to the veins.
File - Resident Geologist files Ball #2, 56
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Author:
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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: 96-97 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 185-187 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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