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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gold Island - 2009
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-15
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Greenlaw

Latitude: 47° 44' 9.93"    Longitude: -82° 44' 1.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 370022   Northing: 5288424    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O10NW

Point Location Description: Small island in east part of Ridout Lake

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Access is by way of the Sultan industrial road that connects Highway 129 south of Chapleau and Highway 144. From Sultan road, at km 64, the Blamey road leads north through Blamey Township. A newly constructed logging road extension from Blamey road leads to the south side of Ridout Lake. A boat is required to access the island where the occurrence is located.



Exploration History

Prospector Wm, Garvey discovered the west-trending quartz vein on Gold Island in the 1930s. 1990: McDonough, K. – Str, Samp, Assays (T-3415). 1990 – 1991: McDonough, K. – GL (T-3415). 1991: McDonough, K. – Tr (T-3415). McDonough, K. - GL (T-3415). 1992: McDonough, K. – GL (T-3415). 1993: McDonough, K. – Str (T-3415). McDonough, B. – EM, Mag, Pr (T-3415). McDonough, K. – EM (T-3415). 1993 – 1995: McDonough, D. – Assays, EM, Mag, Tr (T-3415). 2009: Tremblay, M.A. – Assays, Pr, Str (T-6017). 2011: Tremblay, M.A., Robert, J. and Broomhead, K.W. – Assays, Pr (T-6379).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3415 / OP93-323 41O10NE2001 41O10NE2001
T-3415 / OP93-324 41O10NE2001 41O10NE2001
T-3415 / OP91-425 41O10NE0008 41O10NE0008
T-3415 / OP91-426 41O10NE0008 41O10NE0008
T-3415 / 2.15918 41O10NW0002 41O10NW0002
T-3415 / 2.15050 41O10NE9212 41O10NE9212
T-3415 / 2.15057 41O10NE9213 41O10NE9213
T-3415 / 2.14652 41O10NE0086 41O10NE0086
T-3415 / 63.5719 41O10NE0097 41O10NE0097
T-6017 / 2.42668 20000005158 20000005158
T-6379 / 2.50316 20000007098 20000007098

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Geology Comments

Mar 22, 2011 (B Atkinson) - The occurrence consists of a boudinaged quartz vein that strikes across the island and attanis a maximum width of 30 cm. It is sparesly mineralized with pyrite and several prospector trenches have been excavated on thevein, several of these have been blasted and indicated depth continuity of the vein to 1m depth. A set of conugate fractures crosscut the quartz vein, giving it a shattered appearance.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Schistose Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
QuartzAlterationPyritic1MediumVeins

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Lode (Gold)
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Tabular 50 .3 70 90 70

Site Visit Information

Date: Sep 23, 2009

Geologist: B Atkinson

Notes: Property visit to the site completed September 23, 2009 in the company of the current claim holders.



References

Mono - Report of Activities 2009, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6247 Date: 2010

Author: Atkinson B.T., Pace A., Beauchamp S.A., Bousquet P., Butorac S., Draper D.M., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Sultan, Ontario

Publication Number: OF 3384E Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210453


Map - Tooms and Greenlaw townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2121 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Donovan J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Greenlaw Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0324 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Donovan J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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