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| Record Name(s) | McKenzie Channel - 1991, Kert-Carbonate Zone - 1941, Kert-MacDonald Carbonate Zone - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Aug-31 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Dome
Latitude: 51° 5' 34.1" Longitude: -93° 48' 41.77"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 443164.143 Northing: 5660458.658 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1934-36: Kert-MacDonald Red Lake Gold Mines was incorporated to acquire the property, did prospecting, stripping and trenching, and completed 4 diamond drill holes. 1941: Charter was lost and title to the claim was transferred to Gentles, Kert, and Zacks. 1947: They performed a geological survey. 1979: Dome Exploration Canada Ltd. performed magnetometer and EM surveys.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The property is primarily underlain by highly altered mafic metavolcanic flows. A wide NE-SW striking dike/sill of hornblendite outcrops in the centre of the property.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic massive flow | 1 | Massive & Variolitic Flows | Adjacent |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Carbonatized&Silicified | Zone | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic metavolcanic flows are generally massive and fine grained. Variolitic flows are also present in the sequence.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - A zone of carbonatized and silicified mafic metavolcanics, mineralized with pyrite and chalcopyrite, reportedly returned gold assays. A sample from a pit is reported to have returned an assay of 4.60 opt Au/1.8 m.
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The country rocks have been silicified and carbonatized.
File - Red Lake Resident Geologists Files 1947 Dome #17
Publication Number: AF RL 1947 Date: 1947
Author: Shatford, R.A.
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Location: Red Lake RGP
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 418-419 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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