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Record: MDI52N04NE00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) DDH G-82-2 - 1982, Dickenson Mines Ltd. - 1987, Marshall Red Lake Mines Ltd. - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Bateman

Latitude: 51° 9' 17.63"    Longitude: -93° 40' 58.67"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 452236.692   Northing: 5667272.014    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04NE

Point Location Description: Point 175m south and 170 m west of # 2 post claim KRL19642 on map P.1569A

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

The claim group was originally held by Marshall Red Lake Mines Ltd. and was staked sometime prior to 1946. 1946: Ground magnetometer survey. 1962: Three holes totalling 518.50 m were drilled on the Marshall Red Lake property. Dickenson Mines Ltd. (Goldquest Exploration) acquired the ground around 1981. 1981: Horizontal loop E.M. survey completed. 1982: Four holes were drilled totalling 479.16 m.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: The area is primarily underlain by massive and pillowed mafic metavolcanic rocks. Locally, these flows have been sheared, with the shear zones striking approximately N20deg.E. Southeast of the occurrence, iron formation units have been detected by geophysical methods. The shear zones in the area are mineralized with quartz and carbonate veins and minor sulphides, as well as being enriched in biotite. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: The occurrence is located in a mineralized shear zone within massive mafic volcanic rocks. The zone is characterized by moderate to strong shearing and weak brecciation with 5 to 10% quartz-calcite veining and minor pyrrhotite and pyrite. The zone has an estimated width of 1-3 m. GEOCHEMICAL DATA: The enrichment in biotite along the shear zones suggests potassic metasomatism.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz-Carbonate Veinlets Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Flows Pillowed To Massive Adjacent
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 3 Shear Zone Host
Ironstone-unsubdivided 4 Iron Formation Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The area is primarily underlain by massive and pillowed mafic metavolcanic rocks. Locally, these flows have been sheared, with the shear zones striking approximately N20deg.E. Southeast of the occurrence, iron formation units have been detected by geophysical methods. The shear zones in the area are mineralized with quartz and carbonate veins and minor sulphides, as well as being enriched in biotite. The occurrence is located in a mineralized shear zone within massive mafic volcanic rocks. The zone is characterized by moderate to strong shearing and weak brecciation with 5 to 10% quartz-calcite veining and minor pyrrhotite and pyrite. The zone has an estimated width of 1-3 m.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4GoldEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2CalciteEconomicGangue
BiotiteAlterationUnknown1StrongReplacement
QuartzAlterationSilicification2Weak
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization3
ChloriteAlterationChloritic4

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - MDI1 DATA: GRADE 1982 DDH G-82-2: ONLY LOW GOLD VALUES, HIGHEST 0.07 OPT AU/0.6 M Only low gold values were returned from drill core assays, the highest being 0.07 oz/ton (2.400 g/tonne)Au over 0.6 m.



Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanic rocks have locally been carbonatized and silicified, and contain abundant biotite and lesser amounts of chlorite.




Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1981 Bateman #50

Publication Number: AF RL 1981 Date: 1981

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


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

Publication Number: P1569A Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1978

Author: Pirie J., Grant A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1982 Bateman #49

Publication Number: AF RL 1982 Date: 1982

Author: Sannes, D.L.

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1982 Bateman #66

Publication Number: AF RL Date: 1982

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1983 Bateman #61

Publication Number: AF RL 1983 Date: 1983

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2

Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 321-322  Date: 1987

Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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