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MDI42B05SW00043
| Record Name(s) | Baltic 73 Vein - 1947, Macabie Mines North Showing - 1964 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2001-Jun-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Brackin
Latitude: 48° 20' 47.83" Longitude: -83° 50' 30.84"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 289441 Northing: 5358730 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05SW
Point Location Description: approximate location of vein, in NW corner of patented claim S35088
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south along the Crooked Lake access road to the narrows at Crooked Lake and then by boat from the boat launch.
Circa 1945: S. Pileggi - pitting, trenching. 1947-50: Baltic Mines Ltd. - mapping, trenching, sampling, DD-5-1303 ft. 1964: Macabie Mines Limited - mapping, DD-9-1383 ft., sampling. 1980: National Irrons Resources Ltd. - prospectus, property acquisition. 1984-1990: Huron Star Resources Ltd. - mapping, stripping, trenching, sampling, ground geophysics, soil survey, DD. 2008-2010: Micon Gold Inc. - ground geophysics, soil geochemistry
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WT Brackin.8/63.4371/ OM83-8-C-305 | 42B05SW0027 | 42B05SW0027 |
| WT Brackin.20 | 42B05SW0058 | 42B05SW0058 |
| WT Brackin.20 | 42B05NW0036 | 42B05NW0036 |
| Brackin 0011 / 63.3720 | 42B05SW0051 | 42B05SW0051 |
| WT Brackin.9/ 2.13059 | 20000005049 | 20000005049 |
| WT Brackin.60 / 2.48343 | 20000006422 | 20000006422 |
| WT Brackin.35/ OMIP 90-30/ 63.6106 | 42B05SW0312 | 42B05SW0312 |
| WT Brackin.17/63A.36 | 42B05SW0053 | 42B05SW0053 |
| WT Brackin.8/ 2.6608 | 42B05SW0044 | 42B05SW0044 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonalite | 2 | Trondhjemite-Tonalite | Sheared | Host |
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase | Intrudes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Baltic Mines Ltd. returned assays of 0.67 oz/t Au. Assays from the Macabie Mines drilling returned values of 0.89 oz/t Au and 0.63 oz/t Ag over 4 feet in DDH 1, 1.36 oz/t Au and 1.22 oz/t Ag over 3 ft in DDH 2 and gold values up to 3.43 oz/t over 0.5 m in DDH 4. Grab samples collected by Huron Star Resources in 1985 returned assays ranging from 0.439 oz/t Au to 0.809 oz/t Au and 0.67 oz/t Ag to 0.86 oz/t Ag across 0.1 to 0.2 metres. The gold assays collected from this vein are reportedly erratic
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 350 | 45 |
File - Resident Geologist files WT Brackin.28
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Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Rennie-Leeson area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51G Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L., Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Crooked Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R172 Date: 1978
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - The geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Renabie portion of the Missanabie-Renabie gold district, Wawa gold camp, Wawa
Publication Number: MP146.017 Page: 99-107 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Stover and Brackin townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2380 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Brackin Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0791 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1972
Author: Bennett G., Dupuis C.P., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Missinaibi Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0672 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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