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MDI52N04SE00164
| Record Name(s) | Touchdown Syndicate - 1969 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | SIMPLE |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Nov-19 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Balmer
Latitude: 51° 1' 48.52" Longitude: -93° 41' 52.88"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 451052 Northing: 5653409 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SE
Point Location Description: DDH D-69-1 from map in Assessment report 52N04SE0087 south of claim KRL 47091 on map P.1976A
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Only access to this location is by foot. You can travel by boat or by vehicle to get within 900 m of this MDI location.
1969: Touchdown Syndicate drilled 1 DDH totalling 78.3 m. 1972: Dickenson Mines Ltd. flew an airborne electromagnetic survey. 1978-79: Onaping Resources carried out geological surveying, compilation work and geological interpretation. 2001: Goldcorp conductied an MMI sampling and drill hole programme following the completion of a regional airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.3662 | 52N04SE0087 | 52N04SE0087 |
| 2.23576 | 52N04SE2014 | 52N04SE2014 |
| 63.3892 | 52N04SE0088 | 52N04SE0088 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Porphyry | 2 | Quartz | Near |
Apr 15, 2020 (Samuel Lewis) - Geology at this MDI location is characterised as intermediate volcanic rocks of calc-alkaline affinity; dacitic to andesite, pyroclastic to epiclastic rocks and lesser massive flows (OF4594). Similar rocks to this unit have been aged dated to roughly 2742 million years, indicating this unit to be Confederation age.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulphides | Economic | Ore |
Apr 15, 2020 (Samuel Lewis) - One drill hole 150 m to the southwest interested trace values for Au and highly anomalous values for Ag, including, 0.36, 1.1 and 2.04 oz/t Ag in quartz carbonate stringers. The 1.1 oz/t Ag was sampled over 19.8 feet and was estimated to contain 25 to 35% sulphides (Assessment report 52N04SE0087).
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
Map - Geology, Red Lake greenstone belt, western Superior Province, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 4594 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Sanborn-Barrie, Skulski, T; Parker, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
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