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MDI52N04SW00046
| Record Name(s) | Redaurum - Camp Zone West - 1991, Orelock Exploration- Redaurum Camp Zone West - 1987, Redaurum - Red Lake Claims - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Baird
Latitude: 51° 0' 1.5" Longitude: -93° 55' 44.19"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 434817.616 Northing: 5650282.048 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Westernmost trench in southwest corner of K1540
Location Method: Data Compilation
1936-38: Paulore Gold Mines trenched for 198.25 m, drilled 24 holes totalling 1711.66 m, started a vertical shaft to 100.65 m with levels at 13.73 m, 45.75 m, and 91.5 m, lateral development of 297.38 m, and 22 underground drill holes totalling 821.98 m. 1937: Rajah Red Lake Gold Mines drilled seven surface holes totalling approximately 1200 m. 1939: Howey Gold Mines Ltd. drilled two holes totalling 289.32 m. 1944-1946: Redaurum Red Lake Gold Mines incorporated; completed 4575 m of drilling. 1977: Company name changed to Orelock Explorations Ltd. 1978: performed geophysical surveys (magnetometer and VLF-EM) and 2 drill holes totalling 185.14 m. 1979: Completed 6 drill holes totalling 570.1 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| RL AF1946 | ||
| RLAF1944 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Precambrian
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Much of the Redaurum property is underlain by mafic metavolcanic flows and a few mafic to ultramafic sills and/or dikes. Rock units generally strike east-west and dip steeply to the south. Adjacent to the strong NE striking lineament extending from Paulore Lake along Dam Creek, the mafic flows have been almost completely altered to massive carbonate. A thin band (150 m) of felsic volcanics outcrops in the north-central part of the property. Intercalated with both the felsic and mafic volcanics are several relativeluy narrow and apparently discontinuous bands of iron formation. The Redaurum-Camp Zone West occurs as two silicified and carbonatized zones of highly altered mafic metavolcanic rocks adjoining a crumpled iron formation.
Dec 07, 2005 (S Gosselin) - The camp zone is in the southern part of the claims held by Paulore Gold Mines in 1934. East of the road an irregular mass of rhyolitic lava and carbonatized greenstone was opened up in a series of trenches for a distance of 350 feet. Some quartz, carbonate, and pyrite mineralization is present, but assays (recorded in 1940) ranged from a trace o 0.33 ounces of gold per ton. In general values recorded were below 0.04 ounces. West of the road carbonatized greenstone, cherty sediments and iron formation, and an irregular intrussion of quartz porphyry were opened up in trenches for about 500 feet. Recorded values were low.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Silicified And Carbonatized | Flows | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Stringers | Host |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Iron Formation | Crumpled And Narrow Bands | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Adjacent to the NE striking lineament the mafic flows have been almost completely altered to massive carbonate. In the ore zone the flows are also silicified and adjoin a crumpled iron formation. A few mafic to ultramafic sills cut the mafic volcanics. A thin band of felsic metavolcanics occurs to the north. Minor bands of iron formation are intercalated with both the felsic and mafic metavolcanics.
| 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 | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Strong | Veins | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Trenching by Redaurum indicates at least two zones, up to 10.7 m in width of highly altered mafic metavolcanic rocks. These rocks are described as silicified and carbonatized and are 'adjoining a crumpled iron formation.' (Bishop 1946). The altered zones were sampled but values were low, only a few assaying in excess of 0.10 oz/ton Au. The best assays were 0.34 oz/ton Au across 0.3 m and 0.18 oz/ton Au across 0.6 m.
Aug 31, 2022 (Q Unknown) - 1946: trench samples: low values, best: 0.34 opt Au/1 ft; DDH: 0.08 opt Au/10.3 ft (R36). 1979: DDH on West Camp Zone, best section at 154 ft assays 0.11 opt Au/2.8 ft (A-2). Drilling 1984-85: further drilling failed to intersect the W Camp Zone (collars to far north).
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The altered mafic metavolcanic rocks contain the quartz stringers which host the gold. The mafic volcanics are silicified and carbonatized.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Redaurum Camp Zone (E and W) | 1986 | Possible | 22450 | OFR 6180, Table 14 (AF Barclay, 1986) | Grade: 4.46 g/t Au (24 750 tons of 0.13 opt Au) - also recorded under Camp Zone East (MDI52K13NW00021) - See also MDI52K13NW00009, MDI52N04SW00047, MDI52N04SW00049, MDI52K13NW00021 for other Redaurum zones. |
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1943-46 Baird #25
Publication Number: AF BAIRD25 Date: 1943
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Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1978 Baird #35
Publication Number: AF BAIRD35 Date: 1978
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Location: Red Lake RGP
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 194 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the eastern part of Baird Township, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R039 Page: 32 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
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: 13-14 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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