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Record: MDI52N02NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Corless - 1979, Henry Brothers - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Jul-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Corless

Latitude: 51° 8' .1"    Longitude: -92° 51' 58.66"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 509355.074   Northing: 5664663.668    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N02NW

Point Location Description: Q, Ag symbol N shore Tims Lake

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1928: Henry Brothers Mines Ltd. - stripping, trenching. 1935-1936: Corless Patricia Gold Mines Ltd. - 6000 ft of DD. 1983: Dome Exploration ltd. - conducted ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys. 1988: Noranda Exploration Co. - several DDH under the trenches on the property, no gold values were encountered. 1990: Inco Gold Inc- conducted sampling and geological mapping on the property with negative results.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.6559 52N02NW0042 52N02NW0042
63.6192 52N02NW9838 52N02NW9838

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Birch-Uchi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1
Granite 1 Dykes
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1
Mafic massive flow 1 Andesite Massive

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SphaleriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4MolybdeniteEconomicOre
5GalenaEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 22, 2014 (Syed Ali) - Channel samples taken by Corless Patricia Gold Mines Ltd. from the No.5 vein on claims KRL 5522 and 5526, returned assays of 0.19 oz Au/t across 3.2 feet, 2.67 oz Au/t across 4.6 feet and 1.24 oz Au/t across 5.7 feet.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1935 Corless #2, RL0668

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


Map - Geological series, Corless Township, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P0634 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Pryslak A.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Part - Gold deposits of Woman, Narrow and Confederation lakes, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: ARV37-04.001 Page: 25  Date: 1998

Author: Bruce E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Birch-Springpole lakes area

Publication Number: ARV45-04 Page: 25  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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