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Record: MDI52N04SE00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alexander - 1945, Alexander No.1 Shear - 1945, Senlac - 1982, Alexander Red Lake Mines - 1945
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Nov-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-01
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Balmer

Latitude: 51° 3' 13.15"    Longitude: -93° 41' 47.24"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 451186.616   Northing: 5656021.926    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04SE

Point Location Description: DDH 21 on claim KRL 20440 on map P.1976

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1945-47: Alexander Red Lake Mines Ltd. carried out 7320 m of diamond drilling, 1342 m of trenching, 28.8 km of picket lines, 3.2 kms of roads, 2.5 acres of clearing, and the erection of a completed camp. 1980-81: Canadian Getty Minerals conducted an airborne magnetic and EM survey followed by geological mapping and 8 DDH totalling 2,287 m. 2003-04: Conquest Resources Ltd, conducted a two DDH campaign totalling 6,088.7 m and ground VLF-EM, aeromagnetic and MMI geochemical survey. See MDI52N04SE00036 for more recent exploration.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
BLAMC 171 RL0261 RL0261
BALMC 170 RL0260 RL0260
42 52N04SE0097 52N04SE0097
63.4062 52N04SE0078 52N04SE0078
63.3907 52N04SE0073 52N04SE0073

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) - The central part of the property is underlain by an eastward thinning wedge of mafic flows and hornblende amphibolite. It is bounded on the north and south by sedimentary sequences. The northern belt of sedimentary rocks is comprised of an interlayered sequence of argillite, mudstone, slate, and chert. They strike N73 degs W and dip 55 degs S. The southern belt of sedimentary rocks is comprised of a sequence of intercalated oxide facies iron formation, greywacke, and mudstone beds. Dykes of quartz porphyryr, feldspar porphyry, diorite, and lamprophyre are common.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite To Mafic Near
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 2 Quartz Stringers Shear Zone Host
Diorite 3 Diorite Sheared Contains
Claystone 4 Argillite, Mudstone,Chert Interlayered Adjacent
Oxide Ironstone 5 Oxide Greywacke And Mudstone Iron Formation Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - A hornblende-amphibolite/diorite in contact with mafic metavolcanics occurs between two sedimentary sequences composed of argillite, mudstone, slate, and chert and intercalated oxide facies iron formation, greywacke and mudstone.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4GoldEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 24, 2012 (K R Kettles) - Gold Mineralization occurs in a shear zone in diorite close to the northern contact between diorite and mafic volcanics. Small quartz stringers within sheared diorite have erratic gold values and contain up to 3% arsenopyrite, and some pyrite and chalcopyrite. Assays obtained from drill core were uniformly low with the exception of one intersection of 0.35 opt AU/0.43 m of core. GRADE 1946 DDH: SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS GREATER THAN 0.03 OPT AU; BEST:0.34 OPT AU/1.4 FT. 2004: Best Assays returned: 12.82 g/t Au over 0.14 m



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Red Lake Resident Geologists Files 1946 Balmer #4

Publication Number: AF RL 1946 Date: 1946

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


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

Publication Number: P1976A Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1978

Author: Pirie J., Grant A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Geology of Balmer Township

Publication Number: ARV60-10 Page: 33-34  Date: 1997

Author: Chisholm E.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 145-146  Date: 1987

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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