Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Mink Lake Gold - 1936, Starmer Block - 1983, Richardson Arm - 1936 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Nov-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Zinc, Copper
Township or Area: Stull Lake Area
Latitude: 54° 22' 52.63" Longitude: -92° 31' 13.08"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 531156 Northing: 6026051 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 53K07NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
1936: Mink Lake Gold Syndicate carried out prospecting and found the showing. 1971: Serem Ltd. drilled 1 DDH totalling 106.68 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 11 | 53K07SE0003 | 53K07SE0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Terrane: North Caribou
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Arenite | 1 | Quartzite | Contains |
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| Vein | 2 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 15, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Satterly (1938) reported a narrow fracture zone in metasediments on the south shore of Richardson Arm of Stull Lake about 1/2 mile east of the north-trending diabase dike. The fracture zone is 6 to 12 inches wide and 35 feet long, trends N80W and dips 50S. The zone contains thin seams, with a maximum thickness of 1/8 inch of sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. The seams are generally 1/4 to 1/2 inch apart. No gold was assayed in the samples taken from the showing.
Mono - Operation Lingman Lake
Publication Number: MP027 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G., Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Stull Lake area
Publication Number: ARV46-04.001 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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