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| Record Name(s) | Gentles Island - 1941, Kert (Vein) - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Lead, Zinc
Township or Area: Dome
Latitude: 51° 5' 51.9" Longitude: -93° 49' 45.2"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 441936.67 Northing: 5661022.03 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Outcrop at SW corner claim 11048 Map 2074
Location Method: Data Compilation
1934-36: Kert-MacDonald Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. - prospecting, stripping, trenching, DD-4. 1941-47: C.A. Gentles, J.A. Kert and S. Zacks - mapping.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Quartz Porphyry | 2 | |||
| Vein | 3 | quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 12, 2014 (A Wilson) - Samples from the trenches reportedly returned assays up to 0.85 oz/t Au, but the average of the gold content of the vein is low.
Nov 15, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - The sheared contact between Early Precambrian metabasalt and quartz porphyry contains a quartz vein from 1 to 17 inches wide which was traced 400 feet along a strike of N95E. The veins contains sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, ankerite, tourmaline, and reportedly gold (SMDR 00537).
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1947 Dome #17
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
Map - Dome Township, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2074 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Gold deposits in the vicinity of Red Lake
Publication Number: ARV44-06.001 Page: 11 Date: 1997
Author: Hurst M.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 148 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 416-417 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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