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| Record Name(s) | Slate Bay - 2019, Luxor Occurrence - 1936 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McDonough
Latitude: 51° 6' 54.1" Longitude: -93° 51' 52.32"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 439486.7 Northing: 5662972.048 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access is available from a Drill Road off of Pineridge Road.
Luxor Red Lake Mines was incorporated in August 1936. The property was formerly held by McNeely Red Lake Holdings, Ltd. 1937: Surface work. 1962: EM and magnetometer surveys. 1981: soil sampling, trenching and basal till sampling by Bluestack Ltd. 1984: Six diamond drill holes totalling 786 m drilled by Bluestack Ltd. 1992: Luxor Explorations Inc drills two diamond drill holes totalling 536.1 m. 2002. Candor Ventures Corp. completed a TD dipole-dipole array IP/resistivity survey and drilled 4 holes. 2003 ground magnetics was completed by Candor Ventures Corp. 2005: Canstar Resources Inc drilled 4 holes. 2008: Canstar Resources Inc. drilled 6 holes.
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) - GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: The occurrence is situated in a lens of mafic metavolcanic rocks, approximately 2000 m long by 300 m wide. Rocks in this lens strike NE-SW and dip subvertically. Sequences of greywacke and mudstone underlie and overlie the lens of mafic volcanic rocks. Several small quartz-feldspar porphyry dykes have been observed in the mafic volcanic rocks. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: Porphyry dyke 'R' is approximately 7.5 m wide. Gold mineralization occurs in small quartz stringers within the porphyry. Quartz vein number 8 is approximately 0.9 m wide and well mineralized with pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. GEOCHEMICAL DATA: In this area, the presence of garnets probably indicates a significant degree of metasomatism. GEOPHYSICAL DATA: A very weak Em anomaly occurs over the occurrence coinciding with a small magnetic high.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | Porphyritic | Host |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The occurrence is situated in a lens of mafic metavolcanic rocks, approximately 2000 m long by 300 m wide. Rocks in this lens strike NE-SW and dip subvertically. Sequences of greywacke and mudstone underlie and overlie the lens of mafic volcanic rocks. Several small quartz-feldspar porphyry dykes have been observed in the mafic volcanic rocks. Porphyry dyke 'R' is approximately 7.5 m wide. Gold mineralization occurs in small quartz stringers within the porphyry. Quartz vein number 8 is approximately 0.9 m wide and well mineralized with pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Garnet | Alteration | Unknown | 1 | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Veins |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Grade: Dike R - chip sample and grab: 0.16 opt Au over 1.22 m, 0.06 opt Au/4 ft, 0.05 opt Au. Grade - Vein #8: only trace values of gold. A 1.22 m chip sample extending north from the south contact of the quartz porphyry dyke is reported to have assayed 0.16 oz/ton (5.486 g/tonne) Au. Quartz vein number 8 assayed only trace values of gold.
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The mafic volcanics are garnetiferous and the porphyry dikes in the area contain abundant quartz stringers.
Book - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1937 McDonough #5
Publication Number: Date: 1937
Author: Shepherd, J.H.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
Book - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1981 McDonough #43
Publication Number: Date: 1981
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 593-594 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Technical Report on the Slate Bay Project, Kenora District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada NI 43-101 Report
Publication Number: Date: 2019
Author: Paul Chamois
Publisher Name: RPA
Location: SEDAR
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