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| Record Name(s) | Murphy West Extension Zone - 1987 |
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| Date Created | 2010-Nov-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Abotossaway
Latitude: 48° 14' 15.31" Longitude: -84° 36' 42.27"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 677328 Northing: 5345465 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1987-88: Prime Explorations Ltd. and Orequest Consultants - diamond drilling (55 ddh - 12 483 m), soil sampling, VLF-EM survey, mapping. 2003: Holmer Gold Mines Ltd. - 15 ddh (8335 ft). 2009: Pele Mountain Resources Inc. - sampling, mapping
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| WP Abotossaway.52 | 20000004581 | 20000004581 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
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| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Quartz-Feldspar | Contains | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Sheared | Massive, Pillowed | Near |
Nov 04, 2010 (A Wilson) - The quartz-carbonate vein cuts across hornfelsed intermediate to mafic pillowed and massive metavolcanic rocks and associated quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusions. The western part of the vein is bordered by fine-grained, leucocratic quartz-mica schists which grade outward into gneissic trondhjemite. The eastern end is bordered by chlorite-quartz-calcite-muscovite schists. The porphyry is considered to be an apophyse of the Gutcher Lake Stock. The western extension of the Murphy Mine shear transects the contact of the Gutcher Lake Stock that has intruded the metavolcanic and metasedimentary units. As the shear nears the contact, it is deflected to the north in a stepwise fashion becoming closely aligned with the north contact of the stock. The main vein on the Pele claims has a strike length of approximately 200 m with drill intercepts returning up to 2 g/t over 108 m. The North vein has a strike length of approximately 100m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 04, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Pele in 2009 returned 240 ppb Au. Pele Mountain consultants suggest that there may be a reserve of about 106,200 tons grading 0.30 g/t Au for the Murphy west extension zone and about 65,000 tons averaging 0.16 g/t Au for the North Vein.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist file WP Abotossaway.22
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Location: SSM RGP office
Publication - Report on a geological mapping program of the Highland West project near Wawa, Ontario; p. 47-51
Publication Number: Date: 2009
Author: R. H. Thivierge and P. C. Delisle
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Highland Project Technical Report
Publication Number: Page: 61 Date: 2007
Author: E. C. Walker
Publisher Name: Pele Mountain Resources Inc.
Location: Timmins RGO
Map - Precambrian Geology, Abotossaway Township
Publication Number: OFM0223 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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