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Record: MDI53F02SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Island Prospect - 1979, Zahavy Island - 1979, Adams - Island - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1979-May-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Sandy Lake Area

Latitude: 53° 4' 15.26"    Longitude: -92° 44' 47.59"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 516981.029   Northing: 5880188.206    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 53F02SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 225 Km north of Red Lake and 20 km to the East of native settlement of Sandy Lake



Exploration History

1938 Berens River Gold Mines drilled 4 holes. 1982 ground magnetics and VLF-EM surveys were conducted for Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. 1983 Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd, completed 2 trenches.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
RL 1982 53F/SE #2 53F02SW0003 53F02SW0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Belt: Sandy Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Near
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 2 Quartz-Ric Adjacent
Vein 3 Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 09, 2012 (A McKee) - GRADE 1937: ODM REPORTS TRENCHING AND PITTING IN PROGRESS, GRADE 1938: BERENS RIVER REPORTEDLY (1982) INTERSECTS 0.76 OPT AU /3.1 FT, GRADE 1982: 2 TRENCHES ON NORTHERN TIP, BEST ASSAY 450 PPB AU.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1982 53F/SE #2

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


Part - Geology of the Sandy Lake area

Publication Number: ARV47-07.001 Page: 43  Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

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: 246  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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