Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Medicine Rock - 1927, Frank Property - 1991, Gloster Option (Selco) - 1991, Caribou Vein - 2002 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Gold
Township or Area: Dent
Latitude: 51° 6' 40.63" Longitude: -92° 47' 29.84"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 514586.84 Northing: 5662221.24 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N02SW
Point Location Description: Trench symbol on shore northwest of Medicine Rock
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Woman Lake.
From 1927 to 1983 various operators have conducted exploration work. Work included trenching, rock sampling, geophysics and geochemical sampling. 2002 Fronteer Development Group Inc conducted a prospecting program.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| RL CORF 2.25017 | 52N02NW2001 | 52N02NW2001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Birch-Uchi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 20, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling has returned values up to 5.46% Zn, 0.91 oz/t Ag, 1.18% Pb and minor Cu and Au over thicknesses of from 5 to 14 feet. Grab samples collected from trenches and diamond drill holes completed in 1929 returned values ranging from 0.44 to 14.0 oz/t Au; up to 0.87 oz/t Au over 1.2 m, and 0.14 to 1.16% Cu. Samples collected by the OGS in 1974 returned nil gold, trace to 0.66 oz/t Ag, 0.03-0.07% Pb. Grab and chip samples collected in 1987 returned values of 1.40 to 30 g/t Au, with a bulk average of 92.7 g/t Au.
Nov 20, 2014 (A McKee) - Channel samples taken across the vein at 1 metre intervals. Samples ranging from 0.02 to 232.9 g/t Au with silver ranging from 0.07 to 33.5 ppm.
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1930-34 Dent #3, 4
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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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
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File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1969-71 Dent #18
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Location: Red Lake RGP
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