Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | L. Euler - 1960, Headway Redlake - 1944 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Heyson
Latitude: 51° 0' 6.11" Longitude: -93° 48' 40.79"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 443071.75 Northing: 5650326.69 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1944-45: Headway Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. drilled 4 DDH totalling 182.6 m. 1960: Gunnex Ltd. carried out a geological survey and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63A.394 | 52N04SW0219 | 52N04SW0219 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | andesite |
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| Vein | 2 | quartz | ||
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | rhyolite | ||
| Claystone | 4 | slaty sediments |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 14, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Minor chalcopyrite in shear zones (Shklanka, 1969). Corking (1945, p.7-8) has described the deposit as follows: "The mineralization strikes east-west, has a length of 150 feet and is very irregular and patchy in outline. In width it varies from a mere thread tp a maximum of perhaps 10 feet. A few quartz stringers and veinlets associated with the showing have a rather flat dip. The host rock consists of volcanic rhyolite, generally hard, massive and dark blue-grey in colour, but sometimes softer, light grey in colour and with a ropy texture. Fairly coarse arsenopyrite and pyrite grains are disseminated throughout the gold-bearing section of the rock. A few narrow basic dikes of diorite or lamprophyre composition cut the mineralization in an east-west direction. There is relatively little shearing or other indication of local deformation to account for this mineralization. Apart from very minor arsenopyrite-pyrite mineralization in three holes, near the surface and a few quartz veinlets throughout the core the drilling showed no extension of the condition on the surface. In all 234 samples of core were assayed for gold and only two ran over $1.00 per ton. Hole No. 1 assayed $5.60 0.16 ozs. over a length of 2.0 feet and hole No. 10 assayed $1.22 0.032 ozs. over a length of 1.0 feet." Kirwan and Dix (1960, p.2) reached the following conclusions: "Pyrite, arsenopyrite and minor chalcopyrite mineralization appears to be associated with the shearing and quartz stringers. But gold mineralization appears to be limited to the narrow flat lying quartz stringers." (Ferguson, 1968).
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 138 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the northern part of Heyson Township, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R056 Page: 36, 42-43 Date: 1968
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 187 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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