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Record: MDI53F02SW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Adams - Rahill Lake - 1983, Adams - Bayly - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Nov-23
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Rahill Lake Area

Latitude: 53° 4' 10.25"    Longitude: -92° 48' 33.59"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 512775.36   Northing: 5880020.28    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 53F02SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

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.




Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 09, 2012 (A McKee) - GRADE 1938: ODM GRAB SAMPLES ASSAY 0.1 OPT AU



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of the Sandy Lake area

Publication Number: ARV47-07.001 Page: 42-43  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

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