Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Para Creek SW - 1981 |
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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-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Fairlie
Latitude: 51° 4' 58.55" Longitude: -93° 57' 2.13"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 433417 Northing: 5659477 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Sample 21008 on map in Assessment report 20000006235
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1981: Staked by Minorex Ltd., who carried out a geological survey and associated sampling of VLF-EM anomaly. 1988: Pure Gold Resources Inc. conducted prospecting and sampling.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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52N04SW-0117 | 20000006235 | 20000006235 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Pyroclastic Breccia | 1 | Pyroclastics | Adjacent |
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Vein | 2 | Quartz Vein | Host |
Jul 30, 2020 (K R Kettles) - The occurrence is underlain by intermediate pyroclastic volcanic rocks. These units strike at approx. 050 deg. and are steeply dipping. Trenching exposed a 0.2 m wide quartz vein with assayed 0.07 oz/ton (2.4 g/t).
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 |
Jul 30, 2020 (K R Kettles) - The occurrence is underlain by intermediate pyroclastic volcanic rocks. These units strike at approx. 050 deg. and are steeply dipping. Trenching exposed a 0.2 m wide quartz vein with assayed 0.07 oz/ton (2.4 g/t). 1980 surface sample: a 25 cm wide shear zone returned assay of 0.10 opt Au, Grade - 1981 DDH on claim SW to occ.: only tr. Au, several low Ag intersections, up to 0.16 opt Ag.
Jul 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Grab samples collected in 1988 returned up to 1.123 ppm Au from a quartz vein located at 43+50W 8N (Assessment report 20000006235).
File - Resident Geologist files RL 1988 Fairlie #47, 51, 75
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Location: Red Lake RGP office
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 442 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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