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| Record Name(s) | Miller Gold Occurrence - 1937, Miller Group - 1937 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Chabanel
Latitude: 48° 2' 49.6" Longitude: -84° 45' 12.73"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 667419 Northing: 5323978 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SW
Point Location Description: Boundary between former claims SSM 9154 and 9153
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Site is located 26 km from Wawa. Hwy.17 is taken for 14 km to Steephill Falls Dam Road. The dam is passed at 19.4 km and another 6.6 km is taken on gravels roads (first taking the right fork at 22.9 km and the left fork at 23.4 km). The showing is 88m south of the gravel road. The gravel road is washed out at this point.
1937: Miller Brothers - trenching and sampling. 1937: Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd. - sampling. 1938: Erie Canadian Mines - sampling. 1984: Canamax Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1986-90: Noranda Exploration Ltd. - mapping, sampling. 1990-91: G. Luciuk - sampling. 2000: Dumont Nickel Inc. - sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Corbiere-12 / 63.5863 | 42C02NE0002 | 42C02NE0002 |
| WP Chabanel . 20/ 2.14574 | 42C02SW0002 | 42C02SW0002 |
| WP Chabanel-32 / 2.20579 | 42C02SE2007 | 42C02SE2007 |
| Chabanel 0034 | 42C02SW0012 | 42C02SW0012 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR5888
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies stratigraphically above the Michipicoten iron formation within argillite and wackes. The main occurrence lies adjacent to a small quartz gabbro intrusion.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Argillite, Wacke | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diorite | 2 | Diorite | Near | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Information on the property is sketchy at best. The occurrence is described as consisting of a series of quartz veins within a diorite. The OGS mapped a small quartz gabbro plug in the vicinity of the showing and has located the occurrence adjacent to an NW-trending diabase dike. No recent mapping of the occurrence has taken place.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 08, 2016 (A Wilson) - Samples taken from trenches by Hollinger returned values ranging from 0.02 - 1.88 oz. Au/t. Samples collected by Lucuik in 1991 returned assays up to 2190 ppb Au. A grab sample collected from a quartz vein by Dumont Nickel from the same vicinity returned 1315 ppm Au.
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Chabanel Township, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2439 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Rebic Z., Abercrombie S., Neale K., MacMillan D.W., England D., Calvert T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Central Portion
Publication Number: P3303 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1994
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Chabanel Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1987
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 139-140 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 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGO
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 392 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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