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| Record Name(s) | Birch Lake - Southwest - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Shabumeni Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 22' 18.1" Longitude: -92° 31' 4.61"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 533554.444 Northing: 5691270.358 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N07SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: approx 110 km ENE of Red Lake, float/ski plane access.
1983-1984: Labrador Exploration - conducted geological mapping and rock sampling. 1985: Explorco Properties - flew airborne magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical surveys over the property. 1986: Watts, Griffis and McQat contracted out Aerodat Ltd to fly based magnetic, electromagnetic and VLF-EM survey. 1987: Explorco Properties - conducted a ground magnetic geophysical survey, geological mapping and soil and humus geochemical survey. 2003 Jilbey Gold Exploration conducted a ground magnetometer, MMI soil sampling and regional till sampling over a large area. 2010: Frontline Gold Inc. carried out a prospecting and sampling program.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| RL 52N07SE #74 | 20000006012 | 20000006012 |
| 2.7047, RL2624 | 52N07NE0003 | 52N07NE0003 |
| 2.9045, RL2457 | 52N07NE0002 | 52N07NE0002 |
| 2.11338, RL2360 | 52N07NE0001 | 52N07NE0001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Birch-Uchi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 26, 2012 (A McKee) - GRADE 1983: GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYS 8500 PPB AU, GRADE 1985: OGS GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYS 12.73 OPT AU AND 1.77 OPT AG. 2010: Frontline Gold Corp, no sampling in the area
Article - Geology of the southwestern Birch Lake area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: MP126.001 Page: 9, 11 Date: 1997
Author: Beakhouse G.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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