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Que t i co Subprov in ce

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Rainy River

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O n t a r i o , C a n a d a

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Minnesota, U.S.A.

Ontario, Canada

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English RiverQueticoWawa

Abitibi

UchiBerens

Sachigo

Penokean B iwabik Iron Format ion

Penokean Pokegama Quartzite (Yellow)

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Printed Map Scale: 1:12,000,000Base Maps: 1:500,000 (MGS)/1:1,000,000 (OGS)After Jirsa and Southwick (2003), OGS (2010) Active Gold Exploration in Minnesota's Greenstone BeltsHigh Gold PotentialLand Available Known Gold Mineralization

Bounding Features (Map A & B)Exploration areas (1-6)

Public land survey sectionsPublic land survey townships

Active State metallic mineral leaseArea under consideration for 2011 lease sale

Areas ever offered as State mineral lease

PlutonicMetasedimentaryVolcanoplutonic

Subprovince TypesProducing MinePast ProducerExploration Areain Minnesota

Gold

Visible goldgrain in drillcore from aVirginiaHorn quartz-feldsparporphyry thathas 77.9 gpt/2.3feet.(photo courtesyof VermillionGold LLC)

Drill core from the Bigfork West Exploration Area. Gold-bearing Iron Formation with 5.3gpt/5 ft.(photo courtesy of Vermillion Gold LLC)

New semi-quantitativeXRF spot goldconcentrations (ppm) indrill core from a granite-greenstone terrane nearInternational Falls. TheXRF analyses were donein 2010 by MnDNR.This is an example of thedrill core accessible tothe public as part of theDrill Core Library's morethan 3 million feet ofarchived materials. Thisspecific section of corewas submitted morethan 20 years ago,unsplit by an explorationcompany that wasfocused on a differentinterval of bedrock.

K n o w n G o l d M i n e r a l i z a t i o n

Granitic intrusionSyenitic, monzodioritic and dioritic plutonsMassive granitic paragneiss and migmatite

Schist of sedimentary origin

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Granitic to granodioritic orthogneiss

Metagraywacke and slateIron FormationConglomerate and lithic sandstone

Bedrock Geology (Map A & B)Archean Superior Province

Exploration borehole

Fault

DikeThrust fault

Outcrop (extent not to scale)

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References:Jirsa M and Southwick D (2003) Mineral Potentialand Geology of Minnesota. Minnesota GeologicalSurvey, University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2010-12-08.Jirsa M, Boerboom T, Chandler V, Mossler J, andRunkel A (2010) Preliminary Bedrock GeologicMap of Minnesota. Minnesota Geological SurveyMap Open-File Report OFR10_02. Scale1:500,000.Ontario Geological Survey (1993) Bedrockgeology, seamless coverage of the Province ofOntario; Ontario Geological Survey, Data Set 6.Scale 1:1,000,000.Ontario Geological Survey (2010) Mineral DepositInventory—2010.

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Massive granodiorite to graniteIntermediate to felsic intrusive

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Iron formationMetaconglomerate, sandstone

Metasedimentary rocks& derived gneisses

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2564ppb Auover 10 f tin DDH TC35-5

2480ppb Auover 4 f tin DDH TC35-33560ppb Au

over 0 .7 f tin DDH RR-1

2780ppb Auover 4 .5 f tin DDH SS -2A

2765ppb Auover 4 .5 f tin DDH SS -1

4020ppb Auover 4 f tin DDH TC35-1

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8016ppb Au over 2 .5 f tin DDH SS -4

Producing or past producing gold mineAdvanced explorationstage Rainy Rivergold project

State Land Availablefor Exploration