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Record: MDI52N02NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shanty Bay - Quartz Dome Showing - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Dent

Latitude: 51° 8' 51.07"    Longitude: -92° 46' 22.34"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 515886.845   Northing: 5666254.3    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N02NW

Point Location Description: Trench on West shore of Shanty Bay on map P.592

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Shanty bay of Woman Lake.



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
RL CORF 2.25017 52N02NW2001 52N02NW2001
63.4550 52N02NW0005 52N02NW0005
2.7099 52N02NE0006 52N02NE0006
2.516 52N02NW0300 52N02NW0300
2.28399 52N02NW2005 52N02NW2005
2.40910 20000003998 20000003998

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Birch-Uchi

Geological Age: Archean  



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
10GoldEconomicOre
15MolybdeniteEconomicOre
20PyriteEconomicOre
25TourmalineEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 03, 2012 (A McKee) - GRADE 1989 GRAB/CHANNEL SAMPLES: 7.2, 3.26 G/TONNE; 2.06/0.85M, 1.37/0.85M. 2002: Fronteer Development Group Inc. Grab samples with assay returning 6.29 g/t Au 2008: Due to weather only focused on the Shanty main showing



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

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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 1982 Dent #49

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:

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Location: Red Lake RGP


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