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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Beaver Creek Occurrence - 1980, Hamel-Doyan - 1980, Creek Showing - 1988
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-02
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Lead



Location

Township or Area: Syine

Latitude: 48° 51' 10.52"    Longitude: -86° 56' 11.46"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 504657   Northing: 5411108    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42D15SW

Point Location Description: Trench

Location Method: Field Visit

Access Description: The Beaver Creek occurrence is located in Syine Township about 16 km east of Terrace Bay and 0.8 km northeast of Highway 17 (claim map G-634, Syine Township). Access may be gained via an old foot trail/bush road which extends northeast from Highway 17 at Fishnet Creek, 0.8 km to the showings.



Exploration History

1980: Occurrence discovered; R. Doyan and R. Hamel. 1981: Stripping, trenching, prospecting and sampling; R. Doyan and R. Hamel. 1984: Geophysical (EM, MAG) and geological surveys; Goldhurst Resources Inc. 1985: Property examination; OGS Resident Geologist staff. 1987: Stripping, trenching, soil and lithogeochemical sampling and geological mapping; Forerunner Resources (which later became Beardmore Resources Ltd). Property examination and lithogeochemical sampling; OGS Resident Geologist staff. 1991: Prospecting, trenching and sampling; J.R. Hamel. 1992-1994: Diamond drilling; J.R. Hamel. 1997: Superior Minerals Inc. carried out sampling. 2007-8: W. Richards carried out stripping. 2009: Galahad Metals Inc. carried out sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.46954 20000005783 20000005783
2.18779 42D15SW2003 42D15SW2003
63.5139 42D15SW8353 42D15SW8353
2.40356 20000003831 20000003831
11 42D15SW0118 42D15SW0118
2.7578 42D15SW0116 42D15SW0116
OP91-233 42C14SE0003 42C14SE0003
63.5133 42D15SW0505 42D15SW0505
OP92-111 42D15SW0002 42D15SW0002
14 42D15SW0600 42D15SW0600
63.4750 42D15SW0103 42D15SW0103
2.14501 42D15SW0102 42D15SW0102

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - According to Map No. 2107 (Walker 1967) the area is underlain by granite to quartz diorite rocks which have intruded massive to pillowed to amphibolitic mafic metavolcanic rocks. The schistosity trends N70 E and dips an average 85 to the south. The Beaver Creek occurrence was described by Schnieders et al. (1988) as a composite, boudinaged quartz vein hosted by a talc-chlorite schist. The schistose zone (shear zone?) strikes 090 and dips 56 to 74 N and is locally up to 4 m wide. Individual quartz veins within the zone are folded and vary in width up to 0.30 m. The rocks have been intruded by several generations of felsic porphyry dikes. The Beaver Creek vein is lost into overburden on both ends, however, is exposed along strike for 5 m. Several cross-cutting faults were observed in the area. Both the structure and the intrusive relationships in the area appear to be complex. Farther to the west-southwest approximately 100 to 200 m, several additional veins were observed and have been termed the #2 and #3 Veins. These veins make up part of the Blood Veins and are described under that occurrence. De Quadros (1988) described the Creek Showing as a major shear zone which hosts a boudinaged quartz vein heavily mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena. The shear zone has been exposed for a length of one-hundred feet.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Mafic Schist 2 Talc-Chlorite Schist Sheared Host
Porphyry-unsubdivided 3 Felsic Dikes Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - The Beaver Creek occurrence was described by Schnieders et al. (1988) as a composite, boudinaged quartz vein hosted by a talc-chlorite schist. The schistose zone (shear zone?) strikes 090 and dips 56 to 74 N and is locally up to 4 m wide. Individual quartz veins within the zone are folded and vary in width up to 0.30 m. The rocks have been intruded by several generations of felsic porphyry dikes.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3GalenaEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
QuartzAlterationHydrothermal1UnknownVeins

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - Fenwick et al. (1981) described the occurrence as: The host rock is chlorite schist mineralized with pyrite. It has been intruded by a narrow erratic quartz vein which is mineralized with chalcopyrite and galena. The vein ranges from 5.0 to 30.0 cm wide by 6.0 m long. It was located by tracing float up a creek bed. Grab samples collected from the occurrence by OGS Resident Geologist staff in 1981 returned assay values which varied from 0.56 to 0.70 opt Au, 2.92 to 3.02 opt Ag, 8.2 to 15.5% Pb, 0.9 to 1.57% Zn and 2.14 to 4.25% Cu (Fenwick et al. 1981). Schnieders et al. (1988) described the mineralization as: Mineralization consists of galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and possibly tellurides. Selected grab samples assayed up to 2.72 ounces gold per ton, 3.18 ounces silver per ton, 1.20 percent copper, 7.85 percent lead, and 0.49 percent zinc. Schnieders et al. (1993) stated that R. Hamel conducted diamond drilling on the Beaver Creek (Hamel-Doyan) property, located in Syine Township. Drilling intersected a shear zone in a diorite/gabbro unit containing quartz-carbonate stringers and minor chalcopyrite. A sample assayed 0.356 ounce per ton Au across 1.5 m (R. Hamel, Prospector, personal communication, 1992).


May 04, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Samples taken by Galahad Metals in 2009 returned assays of up to 26.8 ppm Au, 119 ppm Ag, 17,850 ppm Cu (1.7% Cu), 73,000 ppm Pb (7.3% Pb), and 13,700 ppm Zn (1.37% Zn) (AFRI 20000005783).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Schreiber-Hemlo Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

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Location: Thunder Bay RGP


Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1973

Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.

Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 700-705  Date: 1996

Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Jackfish-Middleton area, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2107 Date: 1967

Author: Walker J.W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Jackfish-Middleton area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R050 Date: 1997

Author: Walker J.W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP161 Page: 121-165  Date: 1993

Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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