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Record: MDI41N15NW00083

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Laccolith Group - 1927
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Feb-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Lendrum

Latitude: 47° 57' 6.23"    Longitude: -84° 49' 31.56"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 662360.2   Northing: 5313223.67    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N15NW

Point Location Description: Approximate SW corner of former claim JL129

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is located on the west side of Legarde Hill. It is accessible by foot by traversing up the skill hill. Alternatively, the site can be accessed by traverse along the eastern bank of the Magpie River from Magpie High Falls.



Exploration History

Pre-1927: Laccolith Mining Company: mapping, prospecting, 1 ddh (1112 ft). 1980: Algoma Steel Company - mapping 1991: J. Gerdes - prospecting, soil survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Lendrum-0012-A1 41N15NW0052 41N15NW0052
WP Lendrum.18 42C08SE0038 42C08SE0038

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.75 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Tuff Near
Vein 2 Quartz Host
Granodiorite 3 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of several veins and silicified shear zones that occur close to the contact between the metavolcanics and the Mission Stock.




Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The only reported assays from the diamond drilling returned a value of $2.87 gold over 32 feet at a depth of 400 feet. Several other samples returned values ranging from trace to $14.00.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Hydrothermal
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared
2 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 100 30

References

File - Resident Geologist files Lendrum-0012-B1

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Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP


Map - Michipicoten area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM36A Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1998

Author: Gledhill T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 43  Date: 1998

Author: Gledhill T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Geology of the Mishewawa Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5532 Page: 77-78  Date: 1985

Author: Massey N.W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Lendrum Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1987

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Lendrum Township and parts of Gros Cap I.R. 49, Algoma District

Publication Number: P2681 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1983

Author: Massey N.W.D., Jennings E.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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