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Record: MDI52N08NW00051

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Moran J.L. - 1937, Graham-Richardson Lake - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Aug-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-01
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Casummit Lake Area

Latitude: 51° 29' 17.12"    Longitude: -92° 20' 36.57"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 545581.59   Northing: 5704308.79    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N08NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1937: sampling. 2001: CanGold holds claims in this area. 2010: Claims in the area optioned from Perry English or staked by Tribute Minerals.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.4100 52N09SW0007 52N09SW0007
2.23071 52N08NW2012 52N08NW2012

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
Vein 1 Contains
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Greywacke Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jul 15, 2014 (Therese Pettigrew) - Veins and stringers of quartz in shear zone in greenstone. 0.8 oz Au/t (Ferguson et al., 1971)



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Ontario. Dept. of Mines Annual Report 1933, Vol. XLII, pt. 6, pp. 38-39

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, pp. 28-29

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author: Horwood, H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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 - 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 - 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

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:


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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