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| Record Name(s) | Laddie Gold Mines - Goldquest Occurrence - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1997-Jan-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Balmer
Latitude: 51° 1' 51.52" Longitude: -93° 43' 41.53"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 448936.605 Northing: 5653521.93 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04NE
Point Location Description: Precise/DDHS/TR
Location Method: Data Compilation
1946: Laddie Gold Mines did development work including stripping and trenching and about 1800 m of drilling in 10 holes. In 1974, linecutting and a magnetometer survey were completed. 1975: Six holes drilled, totalling 606.95 m. 1982: Laddie amalgamated with 9 other companies to form Goldquest Explorations.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The Laddie property is underlain principally by altered mafic metavolcanic flows. The rocks strike at approximately 100 degs, and dip steeply south. The mafic metavolcanics have been intensely carbonatized, giving them an andesitic to dacitic appearance. The northern half of the property is underlain by a sequence of mafic to intermediate volcanic rocks which occupy a lower stratigraphic position than the sequence of mafic flows. Foliation in the area is generally parallel to stratigraphy.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Altered | Flows | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Calcite | Stringers | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanic flows have been intensely carbonatized, giving them an andesitic to dacitic appearance.
| 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 | ||||
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Low gold values were obtained from carbonatized, highly sheared mafic metavolcanics. Narrow calcite stringers are reported to contain minor pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite. Only low gold values were obtained in the 1975 drilling program.
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanics have been intensely carbonatized.
Part - Geology of Balmer Township
Publication Number: ARV60-10 Date: 1997
Author: Chisholm E.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 179-180 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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