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| Record Name(s) | Macvay Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. - 1987, Mid - North Engineering Services - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1996-Dec-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Fairlie
Latitude: 51° 1' 16.75" Longitude: -93° 56' 7.82"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 434386.64 Northing: 5652612.049 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N04SW
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Southern Shore of Red Lake, north of Russet lake
1936: MacVay Red Lake Gold Mines was incorporated to explore the property. Prospected and trenched 1969: Mid North Engineering Services (Dickenson Mines) explored the property. One diamond drill hole was completed. 1995 Placer Dome Ltd. Acquired the property and conducted ground magnetics survey over the entire property. 1997 Placer Dome conducted a ten-hole diamond drill program followed up by I.P survey and soil geochemistry survey. Number of trenches and stripping were also completed. 2003 Placer Dome conducted a drill program consisting of 5 DDH for a total of 11712.6 feet. In the assessment report only 112 of the 986 samples were processed, also log samples numbers do not correspond with assay sheet sample numbers.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| FAIP 113 | 52N04SW2053 | 52N04SW2053 |
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 property is underlain primarily by mafic volcanic flows. The flows strike at about 110 deg. and have nearly vertical dips. Flow breccia and pillow structures have been recognized in the area, and the indicated tops are to the north-northeast. Cross cutting the property is a large serpentinite body trending at around 115 deg. to 120 deg., and at the western end, dipping approximated 70 deg. to the north. East of the property a fault trending at 045 deg. has been mapped. Small dioritic to granddioritic dikes have been observed in outcrop and in drill core. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: East-west shear zones, with widths up to 10 m have been discovered in the area. These zones contain abundant quartz and carbonate veinlets. Pyrite, arsenopyrite, and locally, sphalerite are present in the veinlets.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Flow Breccia, Pillow Structures | Adjacent | |
| Diorite | 3 | Dioritite | Small Dioritic To Grandodioritic Dikes | Near |
| 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 | ||||
| 3 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Weak | Veins |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - A shear zone was trenched over a 10 m width, with samples returning assays as high as 0.10 oz/ton (3.429 g/tonne)Au.
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Varying amounts of carbonatization and silicification, and minor chloritization have been observed.
Book - ODM, VOL. 49, PART 2, P. 174
Publication Number: ODM VOL.49 Date: 1940
Author: Horwood, H.C.
Publisher Name:
Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake
Publication Number: RGF RL Date: 1969
Author: Crull, E.
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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