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| Record Name(s) | Campbell Island Mines Prospect - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Aug-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Balmer
Latitude: 51° 4' 26.65" Longitude: -93° 44' 22.5"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 448186.634 Northing: 5658321.982 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SE
Point Location Description: DDH on east shore of Campbell Island in Balmer Lake claim KRL20755 on map P.1976A
Location Method: Data Compilation
1946: Campbell Island Mines completed 19 drill holes totalling 3688.4 m. 1959: Property sold to Campbell Red Lake Mines. Now part of Campbell Mine property, island is partly buried by tailings.
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) - The northeastern part of the property is underlain by sedimentary rocks, whereas the central and southern part of the property is underlain by mafic volcanic rocks. A band of mineralized iron formation underlies the southwestern corner of the property. Talc-chlorite schist was intersected in drill holes in the northwestern corner of the property. Rock units strike NE-SW and dip at approximately 65 degs to the south. The contact between the sedimentary and volcanic rocks is not well defined. Numerous lamprophyre and quartz porphyry dikes are present in all parts of the stratigraphic sequence. All rocks on the property have been highly carbonatized and silicified. Mineralization occurs in stringers in altered metavolcanics.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Altered | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Stringer Veins | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong | |||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Strong |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Gold occurs in narrow quartz-carbonate stringers in altered metavolcanics. No accessory mineralization is present. Scattered low gold values were obtained in a number of drill holes. The best drill intersection obtained is 0.49 opt Au/1.1 m. No ore shoots have been delineated. Other assays were 0.42 opt Au/0.3 m.
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanics are highly carbonatized and silicified.
File - Red Lake Resident Geologists Files 1958 Balmer #40
Publication Number: AF RL 1958 Date: 1958
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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
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File - Red Lake Resident Geologists Files 1989 Balmer #132
Publication Number: AF RL 1989 Date: 1989
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Location: Red Lake RGP
Part - Geology of Balmer Township
Publication Number: ARV60-10 Page: 35 Date: 1997
Author: Chisholm E.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 194-195 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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