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| Record Name(s) | Leemac Red Lake Mines Ltd. - 1945, MacDonald-Mahoney Group - 1940 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Aug-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Bateman
Latitude: 51° 7' 10.93" Longitude: -93° 42' 13.96"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 450736.667 Northing: 5663371.993 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SE
Point Location Description: Pit at north boundary of claim KRL 16899 on Map 2016
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1940: Trenching. 1945: Leemac Red Lake Mines Ltd. was incorporated to acquire 12 claims previously held by prospectors. 1946: Geological and magnetic surveys 9 short diamond drill holes.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Feldspar | Porphyry | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Stringers | Host |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Flows | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The occurrence is situated in a small plug of quartz-feldspar porphyry (150x300m) enclosed by mafic volcanic flows. The mafic flows strike NE-SW and dip subvertically.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Gold mineralization occurs in altered and sheared quartz-feldspar porphyry. The magnetic contrast is slight between the porphyries and basalts underlying the area. Five channel samples from the G zone over a strike length of 50 m are reported to have assayed 3.44 oz/ton (117.940 g/tonne) Au, 24.94 oz/ton (85.068 g/tonne) Au, 53.84 oz/ton (1845.904 g/tonne) Au, 24.16 oz/ton (828.326 g/tonne) Au, and 36.80 oz/ton (1261.688 g/tonne) Au over widths averaging 22.5 cm, the widest being 30 cm.
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The quartz-feldspar porphyry has been silicified.
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1940 Bateman #12
Publication Number: AF RL 1940 Date: 1940
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Location: Red Lake RGP
Map - Bateman Township, southern part, District of Kenora, Ontario
Publication Number: M2016 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1946 Bateman #8
Publication Number: AF RL 1946 Date: 1946
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Location: Red Lake RGP
Book - Northern Miner 72-07-13, Leemac Red Lake, p. 14
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1972
Author: Northern Miner Press
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Red Lake RGP
MonoMap - Geology of the south half of Bateman Township, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R006 Page: 24-25 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 244 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 302-303 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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