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Record: MDI52N02NW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shanty Bay - Main Showing - 1991, Woman Lake Goldfields - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Dent

Latitude: 51° 9' 39.08"    Longitude: -92° 46' 58.14"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 515186.854   Northing: 5667735.328    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N02NW

Point Location Description: Pit in central part of NE claim of property 10 claim block west of Shanty Bay on map P.592

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 80 km ENE of Red Lake. Access can be gained by secondary roads leading northeast off Hwy 105



Exploration History

1928: Woman Lake Goldfields Development Ltd. Conducted stripping and trenching. 1948: Dougron Gold Mines Ltd conducted a magnetic survey and drilled two holes totalling 851 ft, no assay data. 1970 Canex Aerial Exploration Ltd. Conducted airborne and ground magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical surveys and drilled on 502 ft hole. 1981 Sherritt Gordon mines Ltd. Conducted a program of stripping, trenching. Geological mapping and magnetic and electromagnetic surveys. 1983 Sherritt drilled 4 holes totalling 445 ft. 1984 Sherritt conducted a lithogeochemical survey. 1989 Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. Conducted a program of geological mapping and rock and soil sampling. 1992 Several grab samples taken by Ontario Geological Survey Geologist assayed between 24 and 9920 ppb Au. 2001-2002 Fronteer Development Group Inc. conducted an exploration program consisting of airborne magnetic and electromagnetic surveys followed by mapping, prospecting and sampling. 2008 Magna Resources Ltd. Conducted overburden trenching program.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.166 52N02NW0450 52N02NW0450
63.2707 52N02NE0028 52N02NE0028
2.4797 52N02NW0033 52N02NW0033
21 52N02NW9851 52N02NW9851
2.7099 52N02NE0006 52N02NE0006
63.4550 52N02NW0005 52N02NW0005
2.25017 52N02NW2001 52N02NW2001
2.28399 52N02NW2005 52N02NW2005
2.40910 20000003998 20000003998

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
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Greywacke, Chert-Magnetite
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2MolybdeniteEconomicOre
3GoldEconomicOre
2GraphiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 10, 2014 (A McKee) - GRADE 1989 TRENCH CHIP SAMPLES: 8.06 G/TONNE AU/1.1 M, 2.23/1.1M, 3.6/1.4M. Sherritt Gordon Mines - channel samples assayed 0.10 oz/t Au across 6 ft, 0.2 oz/t Au across 6 ft, 0.33 oz/t Au across 4 ft. Noranda: Quartz Dome showing grab samples assayed 7.2 g/t Au, 3.26 g/t Au, chip samples assayed 2.06 g/t Au across 0.85 m and 1.37 g/t Au across 0.85 m. 2008: Trench samples taken, best results 1.68 g/t over 1 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1928-38 Dent #1

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


Map - Dent Township, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P0592 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Pryslak A.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1981-82 Dent #49

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1982 Dent #45

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1983-84 Dent #54

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1989 Dent #80

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


Article - Red Lake Resident Geologist's District - 1989

Publication Number: MP147.003 Page: 58-60  Date: 1997

Author: Atkinson B.T., Parker J.R., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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