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| Record Name(s) | Bankfield Consolidated Eastern Group - 1943, Winabie Occurrence - 1945, Bankfield A Vein - 1943 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Nov-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Riggs
Latitude: 48° 16' 42.01" Longitude: -84° 11' 29.09"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 708369 Northing: 5351050 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SE
Point Location Description: Vein on boundary between patented claim SSM 129816 and 129818
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from Missanabie.
1943: H. Charlebois - discovery, prospecting. 1943: Bankfield Consolidated Mines Ltd. - trenching, 22 ddh (750 feet). 1945-46: Winabie Gold Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, diamond drilling, stripping. 1983: Hemgold Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1984: Cyr et al. - airborne geophysics. 1986: Muscocho Explorations Ltd. - mapping. 1988: Tenoga Consultants Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1987: Loydex Resources Inc. - ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Finan 0036 | 42C08NE0044 | 42C08NE0044 |
| WP Riggs.12/ 2.10534 | 42C08SE0019 | 42C08SE0019 |
| Riggs-0019A1/2.6373 | 42C08SW0089 | 42C08SW0089 |
| WP Riggs.8/2.9961 | 42C08SE0652 | 42C08SE0652 |
| WP Riggs.1/ 2.9891 | 42C08SE0654 | 42C08SE0654 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Sep 23, 2016 (A Wilson) - The Dog Lake Deformation Zone (DLDZ) is located in the central part of Riggs and West townships, where it is defined by a 1.5 to 2.0 km wide southeast-trending zone of moderately to strongly strained rocks. The DLDZ is characterized by both ductile and brittle-ductile shear zones which occur in two dominant orientations 90-100 degrees and 110-120 degrees. Shear zones at these orientations within the mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks are defined by 1 to 50 m of chlorite-calcite and, rarely, chlorite-iron carbonate schists. Shear zones within feldspar and quartz-feldspar-porphyry intrusions are defined by quartz-sericite schist. Narrow NE and NW trending brittle and brittle-ductile shear zones are also observed with the DLDZ.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Feldspar | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Sheared | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of veins and lenses of sugary quartz within a sheared quartz-feldspar porphyry.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Weak | Disseminated | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Medium | Replacement |
Sep 23, 2016 (A Wilson) - The best assay obtained from the Bankfield drilling was 2.72 oz/t Au over 12 inches. Other assays ranged from 0.02 oz./t Au over 37 inches of 1.20 oz./t Au over 12 inches. Stringer zones occur in the porphyry over a total length of 1000 feet.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 304 | 1.5 | 245 | 85 |
Folio - Riggs Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF292 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Missanabie area, Riggs Township, formerly Township 47, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0944 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1974
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Riggs and West townships, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2353 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Township 47 [Riggs Township], District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M1946-02 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Township 47 [Riggs Township], Missinaibi area
Publication Number: ARV54-04 Page: 20-21 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Lochalsh-Missinaibi area, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44C Scale: 1:95,040 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 36 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Riggs and West townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R174 Page: 51-52 Date: 1978
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - The geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Missanabie-Renabie District of the Michipicoten greenstone belt, Wawa, Ontario
Publication Number: MP141.037 Page: 257-270 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B., Buck S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 324 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: 68 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: 205 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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