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Record: MDI52N04SE00118

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Gold

Location

Township or Area: Byshe

Latitude: 51° 0' 46.16"    Longitude: -93° 39' .95"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 454384   Northing: 5651452    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04SE

Point Location Description: Trench 1 location from OFR6324

Location Method: Data Compilation

Exploration History

Early 1960s: Property staked by W. Hermiston. Performed surface work. 1968: W. Hermiston drilled 1 DDH totalling 39.6 m. 1969: Kerr Addison performed Crone J.E.M. survey. 1972: Redcon Gold Mines performed EM-16 and magnetometer surveys, and drilled 8 holes totalling 821.8 m. 1998: Canadian Golden Dragon Ltd. carried out a ground IP survey.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Nov 07, 2014 (K R Kettles) - The occurrence is underlain by a thick sequence of highly altered, mafic volcanic rocks. The units have been silicified and carbonatized, and are locally biotitic and garnetiferous. Thin interflow iron formation units which are locally sericitic have been observed. All formations in the area strike approximately ESE-WNW and dip steeply south.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Nov 07, 2014 (K R Kettles) - Heavy sulphides containing fine disseminated pyrite and erratic lenses of sphalerite and galena are contained in a narrow zone, up to 1.2 m in width, in the iron formation. Grab samples taken from the showing returned assays of up to 30% Pb-Zn (combined), 7.0 opt Ag and 0.03 opt Au (pers. comm. W. Hermiston). Grab Sample: reportedly contained 14.4% Zn, 7.25% Pb, 4.24 opt Ag, 0.03 oz/t Au.

Aug 24, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH holes drilled in 1973 by Redcon assayed from trace to 0.35% Zn, with no significant gold or silver values reported. Mineralization consists of narrow, less than 1mm discontinuous layers composed of blobs and disseminated sphalerite, pyrite and trace chalcopyrite parallel to foliation. The host rock is a fine-grained light grey intermediate to felsic metavolcanic where exposed displays a gossanous texture in addition to being well foliated, containing varying carbonatization alteration, calcite hairline veins and local silicification alteration. The occurrence was examined by Resident Geologist Program staff in August 2016. The site is becoming overgrown by vegetation making the trenches difficult to initially locate. Two trenches were located and sampled. Trench 1 is approximately 1 m wide and 6 m long, the depth of the trench is unknown as water has flooded all but the uppermost 1 to 1.5 m. The trench trends at 100° with exposed bed rock along the north face only. Surrounding the trench are numerous chunks of fly rock and waste rock dump. Trench 2 trends at 135° and is approximately 12 cm by 1 m the length was indeterminable due to vegetation and waste rock. Trenches 1 and 2 are connected by a 30 to 60 cm deep nearly perpendicular cross trench; within this trench visible sphalerite was observed along the foliation of the silicified host rock. A pit approximately 1 m to 2 m wide and 1 m deep was sunk into a magnetic, gossanous foliated outcrop with a strike and dip of 125°/065° S. A total of seven samples were collected from this site and submitted for major and trace element analysis as well as precious metal content. Three samples (2016CS022, 2016CS025 and 2016CS026) collected in 2016 by the Red Lake Resident Geologist Program returned Zn values of 4599, 8081 and 11256 ppm Zn respectively (Lichtblau et al., 2017).

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic volcanic rocks have been silicified and weakly carbonatized. Minor garnetiferous zones have been reported in drill logs, and fine grained biotite has been developed.

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: P2213 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1979

Author: Pirie J., Kita J.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

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

Publication Number: OFR5558 Scale:     Date: 1987

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Mono - Report of Activities 2016, Resident Geologist Program, Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Red Lake and Kenora Districts

Publication Number: OFR6324 Scale:     Date: 2017

Author: Lichtblau A.F., Paju G.F., Ravnaas C., Tuomi R.D., Tims A., Wiebe K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

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