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| Record Name(s) | Huston - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1996-Dec-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Township or Area: Fairlie
Latitude: 51° 2' 18.72" Longitude: -94° 2' 14.92"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 427261.69 Northing: 5654622.09 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04NE
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Data Compilation
1971 (?): Staked by C.D. Huston and Sons. Two shallow diamond drill holes completed. 1972: Ronka EM-16 survey completed.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Nov 07, 2014 (K R Kettles) - For the most part, the property is underlain by massive to pillowed mafic metavolcanics, fine to coarse pyroclastic rocks are common as interflow units in the mafic flows. Nine EM-16 anomalies were located in the area. Three of these anomalies are associated with known sulphide mineralization, while 2 anomalies appear to be associated with shear zones.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Massive To Pillowed | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic Pyroclastic Breccia | 2 | Pyroclastic | Fine To Coarse Pyroclastic Rocks | Host |
| 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 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Values in gold, copper, silver, lead, and zinc have been obtained from limited prospecting. Two drill holes picked up values in zinc, copper, silver, lead and gold.
File - Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: RGF RL Date: 1972
Author: Huston, C.D.
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: 452 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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