Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Fishtail Point - 1977 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1977-Feb-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Rahill Lake Area
Latitude: 53° 3' 21.25" Longitude: -92° 54' 5.61"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 506597.962 Northing: 5878493.679 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 53F02SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 225 Km north of Red Lake and 5 km to the west of native settlement of Sandy Lake
During the late 1930s and early 1940s, was prospected for gold. 1981: Canadian Occidental carried out a shoreline mapping program. 1982: three trenches totalling 25.5 m in length were blasted out.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| RL 1982 52F/SE #3 | 53F02SW0004 | 53F02SW0004 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Terrane: North Caribou
Belt: Sandy Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesite | Adjacent | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Iron Forma | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 09, 2012 (A McKee) - GRADE 1938: ODM GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYS 0.08 OPT AU, GRADE 1982: TRENCHING 500 M TO THE NE OF THIS OCC, ASSAYS UP TO 450 PPB AU.
File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1982 52F/SE #3
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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