Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Robinson Vein - 1987, Red Lake Gold Shore Robinson Vein - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1997-Jan-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Dome
Latitude: 51° 1' 22.97" Longitude: -93° 50' 16.33"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 441236.612 Northing: 5652722.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: Precise/TR/DDHS
Location Method: Data Compilation
1925-26: Property staked by C.E. St. Paul and C. Campbell. 1927: Red Lake Gold Shore incorporated, acquires property. Late 1920s: Trenching and diamond drilling (6 holes) carried out. On the 90 m level of the Red Lake Gold Shore Mines the main drift was extended to intersect the northwest continuation of the fracture. This work did not locate any structure of economic importance (Horwood, 1940). 1938: Property acquired by Hasaga Gold Mines, presently owned by Little Long Lac Gold Mines Ltd.
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 vein is a discontinuous quartz stringer with a maximum width of 3 inches in a porrly developed fracture in grey granite. It contains a little pyrite, and according to surface sampling small amounts of gold (Horwood, 1940).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Grey Granite | Contains |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
| 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) - Gold with minor pyrite occurs in a discontinuous quartz stringer in a fracture in granite. The prospect is located in an area in which the magnetic contours are very irregular as compared to the contours in the rest of the Dome stock.
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: part 2 p. 128-133 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 340-341 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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