Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Redruth No. 2 Vein - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1996-Dec-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Fairlie
Latitude: 51° 1' 9.99" Longitude: -93° 57' 22.11"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 432936.642 Northing: 5652422.052 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Data Compilation
Originally staked by A. Watt and G. Young; Redruth Gold Mines Ltd. was incorporated in 1945 to secure the property. 1945: Stripping and approximately eight trenches completed. 1946: One diamond drill hole completed.
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 prospect is underlain primarily by altered basaltic flows. Near the No. 2 vein, abundant pillow structures have been observed. They are locally up to 1 m in size and indicate a top direction to the northwest. In some areas, altered basalts are coarse grained. Small dikes of dioritic composition are present. Feldspar porphyry has been noted in the area, but is uncommon. Tuff and siliceous sediments are present between altered basalt flows. Sedimentary rock units are generally less than 5 m in thickness. They strike 090 deg. and dip 85 deg. S. Generally the rocks show little deformation but at a few localities small shears striking roughly N60 deg. W and dipping steeply south have been observed. Deposit description: A shear zone with a strike of approximately N 60 deg. W cuts the altered basaltic flows and iron formation. The shear is less than 2 m in width and is not well exposed. Given the location and strike of the shear, it is possible that it is a continuation of the No. 1 vein.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Iron Formation | Adjacent | |
| Mafic pillowed flow | 3 | Altered Basalt | Altered, Pillowed, Coarse Grained | Adjacent |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Feldspar Porphyry | Porphyritic | Near |
| Diorite | 5 | Diorite | Dikes | Near |
| Chert | 6 | Silicieous Sediments | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Unknown | 1 | Weak | Veins |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - High gold values were reported from grab samples by Redruth in 1945, but no numbers were given. R. Riley grab sampled the area in 1970, and assays of up to 0.01 oz/ton (0.343 g/tonne) Au and 0.60 oz/ton (20.571 g/tonne)Ag were returned.
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - A weak carbonate alteration occurs associated with the quartz veins.
File - Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: RGF RL Date: 1945
Author: Storen, R.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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