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| Record Name(s) | Silvia Zone - 2011, Michelle Extension - 2010 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Nov-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | A Wilson |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Newton
Latitude: 47° 52' 43" Longitude: -82° 23' 38.07"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 395778.001 Northing: 5303749.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to the general area of the occurrence is easy via the Dore main haul road and the Orofino Mine/Rundle Mine access road. Several kilometers south of the Swayze River, a good drill road branches off of the Rundle road and goes south.
2009-2011: Red Pine Exploration Inc. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping, stripping, sampling, DD-3-560m, till sampling, prospecting
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO vol. 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Feldspar | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Tuff | Contains | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Contains |
Dec 05, 2011 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted in tightly folded porphyry dikes within intermediate crystal tuffs and altered mafic metavolcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 05, 2011 (A Wilson) - A 6 m interval of core from RPX-10-14 assayed 0.70 g/t Au. A 0.18 m interval of core from RPX-10-15 assayed 1.98 g/t. A 1.5 m section of drill hole RPX11-09 assayed 1.38 g/t Au.
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Map - Geological Compilation of the Swayze Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3511 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2002
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Publication - Red Pine Exploration Inc. - press releases
Publication Number: clipping Scale: Date: 2009
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