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| Record Name(s) | Birch Lake-Group C - 1970, Koezur - 1982, E. McDougall - 1982, Sanders - 1982, Sudbury Contact - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Sep-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-31 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Casummit Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 23' 13.1" Longitude: -92° 26' 17.61"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 539090.67 Northing: 5693008.97 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N08NW
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 120 KM ENE of Red Lake
1969: Canex Aerial Exploration - conducted airborne magnetic, electromagnetic and gammaray spectrometer survey. 1970: Sudbury Contact Mines Ltd. - conducted ground magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical suveys, 6 DDH totalling 3110 ft. 1974: Goldsearch Ltd. - conducted ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys. 1985: St. Joe - conducted geological mapping, ground magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical surveys, 2 DDH totalling 351.5 m. 1986: St. Joe - conducted airborne magnetic and electromagnetic surveys. 1987: Bond Gold Canada - 9 DDH totalling 1618.94 m. 1990: Noranda - conducted geological mapping, soil and rock geochemical surveys. 2007 vital Resources conducted MMI-M soil survey. 2007 Gold Canyon also conducted a soil sample as well as few grab samples (no assays reported) 2008 Gold Canyon completed MMI sampling in the area
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| RL 2503/2.37077 | 20000002888 | 20000002888 |
| 2.57 | 52N08NW0400 | 52N08NW0400 |
| 21 | 52N08NW9834 | 52N08NW9834 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Birch-Uchi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Near |
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| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 2 | Shear Zone | Contains | |
| Vein | 3 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 31, 2014 (Syed Ali) - Previously reported grades not confirmed, best (DDH,1971): 0.035%Cu, 0.035%Ni, grade 1984 North Shore: 0.013 oz/t Au over 125 m or less, low values for Ni,Cu,Co,Pt,Pd, grade 1987 DDH: trace to 0.01 oz/t Au. 1985: St. Joe Canada - 0.01 oz Au/t, 4710 ppm Ni, 7860 ppm Cu, 340 ppb Pt, 649 ppb Pd across 5 ft. A second hold intersected 0.013 oz Au/t across 125 m.1987: Bond Gold Canada - intersected 5.8 g/t Au, 4.4 g/t Pt, 3.4 g/t Pd, 9.4 g/t Ag, 0.8% Ni and 0.9% Cu across 1.5 m. Sudbury Contact Mines - intersected 0.05 oz Au/t across 10 ft, they also intersected 0.105% Cu, 0.094% Ni across 37 ft. Trench sample at the North Shore zone analyzed 190 ppb Au, 0.10 oz/t Ag, 4920 ppm Cu, 52 ppm As, 18 ppb Pt. Noranda Exploration - took samples that assayed from 1.2g/t Au to 8.8 g/t Au.
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1990 52N/SE #159
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Location: Red Lake RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1990 52N/SE #158
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File - Resident Geologist Files AF RL 1983 52N/SE #140
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File - Resident Geologist Files AF RL 1981 52N/SE #113
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Book - Northern Miner 69-10-16, Sudbury Contact, p. 17
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996
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Publisher Name: Northern Miner
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Folio - Cassumit Lake Area - Red Lake Mining Division
Publication Number: GDIF601 Date: 1990
Author: Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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