Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI52N04NE00064
| Record Name(s) | Red Indian Gold Mines Ltd. - 1987 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1996-Dec-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Fairlie
Latitude: 51° 3' 54.68" Longitude: -94° 0' 45.87"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 429036.705 Northing: 5657562.073 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04NE
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Data Compilation
1930: Red Indian Gold Mines Limited was incorporated to acquire the claims. 1937: Prospecting, overburden stripping, trenching and about 150m of drilling were completed.
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) - GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: The occurrence is located across the contact between basaltic metavolcanic flows and clastic metasediments. The contact trends NE-SW, and the units are steeply dipping. The occurence has been interpreted to be on the northern limb of a long NE-SW trending syncline, with the axis of the fold being approximately 300 m to the south. Schistosity in the metavolcanics near the occurence is perpendicular to the trend of the contact and the fold axis. Two intrusions are located in the area; a small quartz-feldspar porphyry unit 500 m northeast of the occurence and a gabbro unit 450 m to the southwest. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: Auriferous quartz veins occur in both the metavolcanics and the metasediments. The veins have a maximum width of 60 cm and contain minor amounts of pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Clastic Metasediments | Adjacent | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Basaltic | Adjacent | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Quartz-Feldspar | Porphyritic | Near |
| Gabbro | 5 | Gabbro | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Only minor quantities of gold have been reported from the property.
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Red Lake Resident Geologist District Office