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Record: MDI52N04SW00054

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Dome

Latitude: 51° 5' 40.3"    Longitude: -93° 46' 28.35"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 445761.657   Northing: 5660622.011    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04SW

Point Location Description: Precise/DDHS

Location Method: Data Compilation

Exploration History

Abino Gold Mines incorporated in 1939. 1945: Trenching and drilled 13 holes totalling 439.81 m. 1946: Geological and magnetometer surveys, and 20 drill holes totalling 4385.29 m. 1959: 7 drill holes (depths unknown). 1959-1960: Mining plant and facilities installed and shaft sunk to 161.65 m. 3 levels to 161.65 m. 3 levels opened (61.0 m, 106.75 m, 152.5 m) and 864.68 m of lateral development completed as well as over 3000 m of underground drilling. 1982: Abino amalgamated with 9 other companies to form Goldquest Explorations Ltd.

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: U. Greenschist

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The Abino Carbonate Showing is underlain by altered mafic metavolcanic flows. The flows have been highly carbonatized. The general strike of the rocks in the area is NE-SW. Dips are subvertical. Pillow structures indicate stratigraphic tops are to the NW. A small dyke/sill of sericite schist is present in the sequence.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanics contain both massive and pillowed flows, both of which are altered. The sericite schist dyke/sill is origanlly a quartz-feldspar porphyry unit.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The carbonate zone on this occurrence is believed to be an extension of the zone which was mined on the adjoining McMarmac Red Lake Gold Mines property (MDI52NO4SW00033). Only limited drilling has been done on the structure on the Abino property. It is 1.5 m in thickness, and contains quartz carbonate veinlets which are well mineralized with arsenopyrite. An assay of 0.40 opt Au was obtained from a 1.6 m core sample from the first drill hole to intersect the zone. Subsequent holes returned values which ranged from 0.58 opt Au/0.37 m to 0.01 opt Au/0.46 m.

Aug 31, 2022 (Q Unknown) - 1944-59: several DDH intersections, best assay 0.36 opt Au/2.3 ft. 1975: DDH AK-34 at 219 ft, assays 0.08 opt Au / 2.8 ft.

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanics have been carbonatized and silicified.

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Red Lake Resident Geologists Files 1928 Dome #27

Publication Number: AF RL 1928 Date: 1928

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Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP

File - Red Lake Resident Geologists Files 1944-59 Dome #15

Publication Number: AF RL 1944 Date: 1944

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP

File - Red Lake Resident Geologists Files 1975 Dome #69

Publication Number: AF RL 1975 Date: 1975

Author: McLean, P.C.

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP

Part - Geology of Balmer Township

Publication Number: ARV60-10 Page: 32-33  Date: 1997

Author: Chisholm E.O.

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: 410-411  Date: 1987

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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