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MDI42E12SE00003
Record Name(s) | J. Dalton - 1928, Greenlee - 1936, Maple Leaf Mining Co. - 1991 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Feb-04 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Vincent
Latitude: 49° 38' 42.42" Longitude: -87° 38' 48.65"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 453302.166 Northing: 5499375.195 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E12SE
Point Location Description: Trenches.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located in northeastern Vincent Township, approximately 1 km north of Clist Lake. Access is via a trail that commences on the east side of Nezah Lake, east of the Canadian National Railway bridge.
1928: The Dalton brothers held the property. 1936: Greenlee Gold Mines Limited took over the Dalton claims. Trenching was conducted on two iron formations and the claims were brought to lease. 1984: The Dalton estate controls the property which consists of 15 leased claims.
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - A sequence of east-trending mafic volcanic rocks (South Metavolcanic Sub-belt) approximately 3 km wide is bounded on the north and south by a sequence of turbidites. The mafic volcanics are primarily basalt to andesite, minor tuff and ultramafic flows. East trending ironstone units (chemical metasediments) occur in tuffaceous metasediments within the volcanic rocks. Ironstones are generally up to 2 m thick and consist of alternating bands of magnetite, hematite, recrystallized chert, and grunerite. Bands range from 4 to 10 mm thick. The mafic metavolcanics are intruded by lensoid northeasterly-trending, medium to coarse grained metagabbroic plugs up to 800 m long and 100 m wide. Narrow quartz-feldspar porphyry and porphyry dykes and sheets intrude the metavolcanics. Two iron formation units are exposed on the property. One is 10 m wide, the other 7 m wide. They are separated by 106 m of lava. Both are contorted and in places are fractured. The fractures are filled with quartz mineralized with po, py, cp and some asp. Gold is confined to the areas of secondary minerals. The feldspar-porphyry dyke cuts the quartz vein. Gold content is rather low and erratic. In addition to the gold-bearing zones in the iron formation, a north-south quartz vein has been uncovered. It lies entirely in greenstone. The quartz in this vein has an indistinct banded structure parallel to the walls. A little galena is present, and gold is reported to occur in those parts where there is galena.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Near |
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Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Mag-Hem-Grun | Fractures | Host |
Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Feldspar | Host | |
Vein | 4 | Quartz | Host | |
Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 5 | Quartz-Feldspar | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Carter (1983) described the flows as being 15 to 25 m thick and dark green to greenish black. The flows in the southern belt can exhibit a massive to weakly foliated medium-grained basal part, a finer-grained middle portion and a fine-grained to aphanitic upper part which is commonly pillowed, amygdaloidal and/or variolitic.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
4 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Usually the sulphides are sparingly disseminated, but in places pyrrhotite is present in masses a foot in diameter. In most places it occurs as narrow lenses along the bedding of the iron formation. Gold is confined to the areas of secondary minerals. Samples taken in 1984 returned the following assays: 84-MWD-3: 1.1% As, 1 ppm Sb, 340 ppm Au; 84-MWD-8: 78 ppm As, 0.5 ppm Sb, 60 ppm Au; 84-MWD-9: 23 ppm As, 0.4 ppm Sb, 280 ppm Au.
Date: Dec 31, 1996
Geologist: B Nelson
Notes: The Beardmore-Geraldton Economic Geologist visited this occurrence July 11, 1984.
File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1928, correspondence
Publication Number: Date: 1928
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Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Map - Beardmore-Nezah gold area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM37K Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Langford G.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Tashota-Geraldton sheet, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: M2102 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G., Harris F.R., Fenwick K.G., Baillie J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Vincent Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2854 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Preliminary report on the geology of the Blackwater-Beardmore area
Publication Number: PR1951-07 Date: 1998
Author: Peach P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - McComber and Vincent townships, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MP116.007 Page: 32-36 Date: 1997
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Beardmore-Geraldton area, districts of Thunder Bay and Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5630 Date: 1986
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Part - Geology of the Beardmore-Nezah gold area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARV37-04.003 Date: 1998
Author: Langford G.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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