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MDI52N04SE00018
| Record Name(s) | Laddie-Macfie Prospect - 1974, Macfie Red Lake Mines Prospect - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1979-Jun-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Balmer
Latitude: 51° 1' 44.79" Longitude: -93° 44' 22.5"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 448136.605 Northing: 5653321.937 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SE
Point Location Description: DDH 8 at east edge of claim KRL 19981 on map P.1976
Location Method: Data Compilation
1926-27: Dunlop Red Lake Syndicate did considerable stripping and approximately 20 trenches were completed. 1946: MacFie Red Lake Mines drilled 16 holes, totalling 3660.0 m. Geological and magnetometer surveys were also completed. 1974: Laddie Gold Mines Ltd. performed a second magnetometer survey. 1975: 6 holes were drilled totalling 607.0 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.3361 | 52N04SE0104 | 52N04SE0104 |
| 39 | 52N04SE0105 | 52N04SE0105 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Most of the outcrop on the property occur on claim 19981 and the three northern claims east of Balmer Creek. Massive mafic metavolcanic flows are the only rocks exposed. On the basis of pillow packing stratigraphic tops are to the south. Two bands of interlayered slate and greywacke underlie the northern part of the property. The strata strike northwest and dip about 80 degs SW. Several narrow feldspar porphyry dikes have been intersected in diamond drill holes. The mineralization occurs in a shear zone in altered mafic volcanics.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Altered | Massive To Pillowed Flows | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz Carbonate | Stringers | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic volcanics which host the mineralization are altered and sheared, and are brecciated.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Trenching in 1926 exposed a wide shear zone in altered mafic volcanics, with a strike length of approximately 460 m. The altered mafic volcanics are brecciated, and contain many thin quartz-carbonate and quartz stringers, sparsely mineralized with pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite. The shear zone strikes at N60 degs W. Drilling intersected the zone at depth, but gold values over trace are uncommon. Samples from trenches are reported to have returned assays ranging from trace to 0.8 opt Au/1.5 m, 0.41 opt Au/6.1 m, and 3 assays of 0.11 opt Au/3.0 m. Only 1 assay is reported from the 1946 drill campaign: 2.32 opt Au/0.2 m. No significant gold values were obtained from the 1975 diamond drill program.
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic volcanics in the area have been highly carbonatized and silicified, with the introduction of thin quartz-carbonate stringers in brecciated zones.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 460 | 300 |
Date: Jan 15, 1997
Geologist: K R Kettles
Notes: N/A
File - Red Lake Resident Geologists Files 1980 Balmer #88
Publication Number: AF RL 1980 Date: 1980
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: 48-50 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: 177-178 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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