Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Big Dome - 1979, Dona Lake F - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Sep-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Connell
Latitude: 51° 29' 50.2" Longitude: -90° 4' 52.24"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 702595.84 Northing: 5709166.51 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O08NE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Central Patricia Mine Property: 1929: Trenching and diamond drilling of Central Patricia deposit by Central Patricia Mines. Trenching of No. 6 vein on Springer claims. 1930: Exploration shaft sunk at Central Patricia deposit. 1934-1951: Production of 621,806 ounces of gold and 58,349 ounces of silver from 1,729,248 tons of milled ore from the Central Patricia Mine. 1935: Exploration shaft sunk on Springer Claims. 1938-1940: Production of 13,158 ounces of gold from 18,886 tons of milled ore from Central Patricia No. 2 Shaft. 1980-1986: Geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys and diamond drilling by Golden Shadow Resources. 1986-1989: Geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys and diamond drilling by Noramco Exploration for Quinterra Resources and Pure Gold Resources. 2003 - 2006: Geological surveys and diamond drilling by King's Bay Gold and Richview Resources.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 52O09SE0034 | 52O09SE0127 | 52O09SE0127 |
| 52O09SE0033C1 | 52O09SE0126 | 52O09SE0126 |
| 52O08NE0031 | 52O09SE0139 | 52O09SE0139 |
| 52O08NE0032 | 52O09SE0134 | 52O09SE0134 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Pickle Lake
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Dec 28, 2006 (Mark Puumala) - The geology of the Pickle Crow area is described in MDI52O09SE00007.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Contains | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 28, 2006 (Mark Puumala) - The Big Dome vein system is reported by Pye (1976) to consist of contorted veins and patches that strike approximately north-south through schistose metavolcanic rocks. The most favourable assay reported from surface sampling of this vein was 0.4 oz/ton Au over 1.42 m (Pye 1976).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| 2 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Mono - Geology of the Crow River area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: OFR5152 Scale: Date: 1976
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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