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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dome Exploration DDH 83B-2 - 1975
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2013-Sep-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Rennie

Latitude: 48° 22' 37.18"    Longitude: -84° 0' 25.2"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 721621   Northing: 5362532    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B05NW

Point Location Description: drill collar for 83B-2

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via the Renabie Road.



Exploration History

1975: Dome Exploration Limited – airborne geophysics, DD-1-526 ft. 1984: R.J. McGowan – airborne geophysics. 2007-2008: Chalice Diamond Corporation – airborne geophysics, prospecting, sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Stover 0026 / 63.2278 42C08SE0004 42C08SE0004
Meath 0019-A1 42C08NE0028 42C08NE0028
WP Meath.20/ 2.34531 20000002017 20000002017
WP Stover.21 / 2.41485 20000004162 20000004162

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Geology Comments

Sep 09, 2013 (A Wilson) - The Baltimore Lake Deformation Zone (BLDZ) is located in northwestern Stover Township where it is defined by by a 1.2 km wide, SE-trending zone of folding, transposition and shearing. The BLDZ can be traced fro approximately 6 km southeastward across Stover Township. The BLDZ is characterized by rootless isoclinal folds of bedding/schistosity, sinistral and dextral shear folds, transposition and ductile shear zones axial planar to the folds.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Dacitic Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Sep 09, 2013 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of andesite, dacite, gabbro and iron formation. The iron formation is described as fine-grained, dark grey in colour and sulphidic in composition. Graphitic schist also was observed in narrow stringers within dacite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 09, 2013 (A Wilson) - A 5 foot length of core assayed 0.30 dwt/t Au, 0.04% Cu and 0.15% Zn.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

References

File - Resident Geologist files Resident Geologist files Rennie-0010-A1

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Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Rennie Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0404 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Riley R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Glasgow, Meath, and Rennie townships, Algoma and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2210 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1971

Author: Riley R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1976

Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Glasgow, Meath, and Rennie townships, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: R090 Date: 1971

Author: Riley R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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