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Record: MDI52N04SW00345

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) C. W. Peterson Occurrence #73 -10 - 1987, Fisher Island Group - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1996-Dec-28
Date Last Modified 2023-Jun-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Fairlie

Latitude: 51° 1' 59.1"    Longitude: -93° 56' 15.09"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 434261.648   Northing: 5653922.056    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04SW

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1973: The property was held by C. W. Peterson of Red Lake. One iamond drill hole was completed along with some prospecting and stripping.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION: The island on which this occurence is located lies on the southwest corner of the Dome Stock. The occurrence is primarily underlain by intrusive augite diorite, with minor amounts of metadacite tuff. Lamprophyre dikes are quite common in the area. The diorite is fine to medium grained, generally quite massive, with minor disseminated pyrite in weakly foliated sections. The metadacite tuff is strongly foliated parallel to bedding, fine to medium grained, and contains numerous quartz and carbonate stringers. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION: A shear zone exists on the northern tip of the island. It occurs in a metadacite tuff and contains numerous white carbonate and quartz stringers. The stringers are up to 2 mm in width and occur over a 2 m width. Pyrite, pyrrohtite and minor magnetite are found in the zone.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Stringers Host
Vein 2 Carbonate Stringers Host
Diorite 3 Diorite Augite, Dacite Tuff Adjacent
Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided 4 Dikes Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4MagnetiteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization1MediumVeins

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Assays of up to 0.01 oz/ton (0.343 g/tonne)Au were returned from a 1 m section of drill core.



Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Varying amount of carbonatization has occured.




Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist's Files, Red Lake

Publication Number: RGF RL Date: 1973

Author: Peterson, C.W.

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

Location:


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