Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | North Waverly Shear, Road Zone - 2011 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Mar-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Moss
Latitude: 48° 31' 16.77" Longitude: -90° 45' 4.33"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 666048 Northing: 5376688 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B07NW
Point Location Description: Noranda assessment work confirmed with Google Earth
Location Method: Other
Access Description: From Thunder Bay travel west 64 km on highway 17 turning left onto highway 11 for another 62km till Swamp road. South 14km on Swamp Road there is a T junction with left road heading off to the Ardeen Mine (6.5km), while the right hand road meets with the Nelson Road after 9.5km which provides access to the southern part of the property. Access further in is by seasonal logging roads, and walking.
1984-85 Kennco Exploration (Canada) Ltd stakes two blocks of claims (one covering Pearce Lake) and then takes an option on the ground between their claim blocks that was held by Wawiag Ressources Ltd. and completes linecutting, geological mapping, ground magnetometer and VLF-EM geophysical surveys, geochemical sampling and limited trenching. 1988: Noranda Exploration Company optioned the Grande Portage property and contracted Dighem to fly an airborne EM and magnetometer surveyover the property and area. 1990-91: Noranda Exploration Company completed geological mapping, prospecting, reconnaissance IP, trenching and humus surveys identifying the Waverly Shear and gold/copper mineralization. 2005: East West Resources Corp tested the occurrence with two DDH totalling 366 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.35934 | 20000002415 | 20000002415 |
| 2.13794 | 52B07NW0009 | 52B07NW0009 |
| 52B10SE0194 | 20000005141 | 20000005141 |
| 2.13608 | 52B07NW0012 | 52B07NW0012 |
| 2.32385 | 20000001527 | 20000001527 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
Jan 06, 2017 (Andrew Tims) - The occurrence is within the ENE-striking North Waverly Shear Zone. The structure crosscuts the Pearce Lake area and is on strike with the shear zone hosting the Snodgrass Lake deposit. The occurrence has similar geological and structural settings to the Snodgrass Lake where diorites and feldspar porphyries are emplaced along a northeast trending structures.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Diorite | 2 | Diorite |
| 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 17, 2011 (J Scott) - 4.28 g/t Au, 3.8% Cu (52B07NW0012)
Journal - Geodynamic setting, crustal architecture, and VMS metallogeny of ca. 2720 Ma greenstone belt assemblages of the northern Wawa subprovince, Superior Province
Publication Number: CJES2015, 52(3) Date: 2015
Author: Lodge, R., Gibson, H.,Franklin, J.
Publisher Name: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Map - Geology and mineral potential of Moss Township, Shebandowan greenstone belt, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: OFM0177 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1991
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Moss Lake area (north part), District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0451 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Moss Township
Publication Number: M2624 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1997
Author: Osmani I.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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