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Record: MDI52N08NW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Casummit Lake - 1982, Hewitt-Ziyone - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Aug-27
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Casummit Lake Area

Latitude: 51° 28' 53.11"    Longitude: -92° 20' 6.58"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 546166.79   Northing: 5703572.43    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N08NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1974-75: Cochenour Willans Gold Mines Ltd. drilled 20 DDH totalling 1888.4 m. 2001: CanGold holds claim. 2003: property was optioned from Perry English by Tribute Minerals. 2011: Tribute Minerals became AurCrest Gold Inc.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52N09SW0005 20000006237 20000006237
2.22193 52N09SW2002 52N09SW2002
23 52N08NW0005 52N08NW0005
18 52N08NW0004 52N08NW0004
45 52N08NW0029 52N08NW0029
63.4833 52N09SW0012 52N09SW0012
2.23519 52N09SW2003 52N09SW2003
2.23071 52N08NW2012 52N08NW2012
2.50512 20000007047 20000007047

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Birch-Uchi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Near
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 2 Shear Zone Contains
Claystone 3 Argillite Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
10ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
15GalenaEconomicOre
20GoldEconomicOre
25PyriteEconomicOre
30SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jul 14, 2014 (Therese Pettigrew) - Quartz vein white to dark grey, native gold, 115’ in a trench with one pit, maximum width 20” (Ferguson et al., 1971)


Sep 01, 2022 (Q Unknown) - 1975: 2 best: 0.18 opt Au / 5 ft (from SMDR).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Woman and Narrow lakes gold area, District of Kenora, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM36E Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Greig J.W., Camsell C.A., Burwash E.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Shabumeni-Birch lakes area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario

Publication Number: ARM42D Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Furse G.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology of the Casummit Lake area, District of Kenora, Patricia Portion

Publication Number: OFM0140 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1990

Author: Beakhouse G.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Compilation series, Trout Lake-Birch Lake sheet, Kenora District

Publication Number: P2386 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1981

Author: Thurston P.C., Bartlett J.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Ontario Dept. of Mines Annual Report 1933, Vol. 42, pt. 6, p. 39

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1934

Author: Furse, G.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Ontario Dept. of Mines Annual Report 1937 vol. 46, pt. 7; Geology of the Casummit Lake Area and the Argosy, pp. 27-28

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author: Horwood, H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Casummit Lake area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario

Publication Number: ARM46F Date: 1997

Author: Horwood H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 245  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Folio - Cassumit Lake Area - Red Lake Mining Division

Publication Number: GDIF601 Date: 1990

Author: Dutka R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological compilation series, Favourable Lake-Poplar Hill area, Sampson Lake-Shearstone Lake sheet, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P0771 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1972

Author: Ayres L.D., Raudsepp M., Averill S.A., Edwards G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Publication - Northern Miner 74-12-12, Casummit Lake, p. 3

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Birch Lake area, Kenora District (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P2387 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1981

Author: Thurston P.C., Jackson M.C., Pirie J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Casummit Lake Area, District of Kenora, (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P3245 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1994

Author: Beakhouse G.P., Mainville M.C., Wilson M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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