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Record: MDI42C01NW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dingmans Claim - 1898, Dingman Gold - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Debassige

Latitude: 48° 10' 25.23"    Longitude: -84° 19' 18.05"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 699111.2   Northing: 5339072.79    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C01NW

Point Location Description: Site is approximately located at granite-greenstone contact

Location Method: Other Literature

Access Description: The site is accessible by boat through the Whitefish - Manitowik Lake system. The actual claim location is uncertain.



Exploration History

1898: N. J. Dingman - prospecting, sampling. 1960: Acme Oil and Gas - airborne geophysical survey. 1985: G. Cyr - airborne geophysical survey. 1992: J. Gerdes - prospecting, sampling, ground geophysics. 1995: Sears and Barry - KIM survey. 1998: Canabrava Diamond Corporation - airborne geophysical survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Debassige.03 42C01NW0004 42C01NW0004
Finan-0036 42C08NE0044 42C08NE0044



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Near
Granodiorite 3 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a vein of quartz on a cliff.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3GalenaEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Assays from samples collected in 1898 returned values of $0.50, $9.00, $13.00 and $26.00.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files WP Lastheels.03

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP office


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:


Folio - Debassige Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: GDIF174 Date: 1997

Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Michipicoton Mining Division

Publication Number: ARV07-02.004 Page: 189  Date: 1998

Author: Willmott A.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 164  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report

Publication Number: Robinson Page: 126  Date: 1983

Author: Robinson, D.

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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