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MDI41N15SW00001
| Record Name(s) | Old Woman Bay Gold Occurrence - 1944, N. Morrison Claims - 1944 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Apr-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Laronde
Latitude: 47° 46' 37.75" Longitude: -84° 54' 33.45"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 656624.53 Northing: 5293648.67 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15SW
Point Location Description: Break on south shore of Old Woman Bay
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The site is accessible only by boat launched from Old Woman Bay, McGregor Cove or Michipicoten Harbour. The trenches are located inland from Old Woman Bay.
1937-38: O'Brien Gold Mines - prospecting, trenching. 1944: N. Morrison - sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Laronde 0011-C1 | 41N15SW0007 | 41N15SW0007 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Mafic Schist | 2 | Mafic Metavolcanics | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of a series of narrow quartz veins within greenstone schist. Some iron formation was observed in the area.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from quartz veins in a trench returned assays ranging from0.01 oz/t Au to 1.11 oz/t Au.
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
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