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| Record Name(s) | W.C. Fisher - 1940, Pine Island Occurrence - 1940 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Dome
Latitude: 51° 2' 49.1" Longitude: -93° 49' 28.8"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 442192.349 Northing: 5655371.972 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Precise/TR/DDHS
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Pre-1940: Trenching and diamond drilling . 1940-1982: Property owned by W.C. Fisher.
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 occurrence is located in the northeastern part of the Dome stock. It consists of 3 quartz lenses in a fracture zone in granodiorite. The fracture zone strikes N 31 degs W and dips 74 degs NE. It has been opened up along strike for 76 m, and it ranges in width from a tight fracture to a 3 foot fracture zone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | White - Grey Quartz | Lenses | Host |
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| Granodiorite | 2 | Adjacent |
| 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 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The quartz lenses hosting the mineralization are made up of coarse grained white quartz and fine grained dark grey cherty quartz. The northwest lens is 17 m, the central lens is 20 m, and the southeast lens is 10.5 m in length, respectively. The average width of these lenses is 18.5 cm. The vein (or 3 lenses) is reported to contain gold values as high as 0.06 opt Au.
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 128-135, 195-196 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
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: 351 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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