Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | North Creek - 1990, Matinenda - 1956 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2013-Oct-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Lead, Silver, Gold
Township or Area: Norberg
Latitude: 47° 6' 34.02" Longitude: -84° 27' 26.5"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 692906 Northing: 5220463.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N07NE
Point Location Description: Trench
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1955: Matinenda Uranium Mines Limited carried out a prospecting program that consisted of trenching and blasting. The company discovered 2 mineralized zones named the No. 1 and No. 2 zones. 1989-90: Loydex Resources Inc. carried out a prospecting, washing, trenching and assaying program.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Juillette-0015-D1 | 41J06NE0051 | 41J06NE0051 |
| 63.531 | 41N01SW0040 | 41N01SW0040 |
| SSMP Norberg-05 | 41N01SW0028 | 41N01SW0028 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
Oct 28, 2013 (A Pace) - The area consists of metavolcanics, minor intercalated acid metavolcanics and iron formation. The rocks have been intruded by Archean granite, lower Keweenawan diabase dykes, and middle Kewwenawan felite dykes. The rocks assocaited with mminralization include gabro-diorite host rock and dacitic to rhyolite sequence portions of which are cherty and brecciated. A sulphide bearing cherty rhyolite sequence some 4000 feet north-northeast f the previous located high grade zinc at the Matinenda and north creek zone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Graphite | Alteration | Graphitic | 6 | Weak | Veins | ||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 7 | Medium | Veins |
Oct 28, 2013 (A Pace) - Minealized zones were found by Matnenda Urnaium Mines Ltd., in 1955. They identified these zones as the No. 1 and NO. 2 zones. The No. 1 zone showing is a large shear zone over thirty feet wide strikng east-west; it was discovered at a point where it crosses the Batchawana River. The shwoing is badly weathered and ozidized. Grab samples ahow 1.02% Cu and 0.07 oz gold per ton. The No. 2 zone shwoing is also located in a large shear zone striking almost due north. A channel sampled in the badly weathered shear gabve 0.76 oz Ag, 0.68% Pb, 4.91% Zn across half feet. From surface trenching and blasting the leaching and weathering will extend downward for 10 to 20 feet. Samnples that were not too badly weathered gave 0.21% Pb and 12.5 % Zn, 1.05 oz Ag, 2.96% Pb, 7.55% Zn, 1.17 oz Ag, 3.34% Pb and 15.05 % Zn. Loydex Resources Inc. discovered that hte zinc shoing occur within a dacitic to ryholite sequence that are cherty an dbrecciated. This sequences strikes north-south for a distance of 1500 feet and across its widest width of approximately 30 feet. The rhyolite sequence contacts mafic volcanics and gabbro to the west. A total of 9 map locations were samnples with 3 map locations identified as having significant assays. These locations include Map 1 locations returning 3.05% Zn, 0.74% Zn, 0.84% Zn with 0.41 oz/ton Ag, 0.24 oz/ton Ag, and 0.32 oz/ton Ag. Map 2 locations returning 13.82% Zn, 18.88% Zn, 0.88% Zn and 0.65% Zn with 2.80% Pb, 0.87 oz/ton Ag and 0.27 oz/ton Ag. Map 3 location returning 0.042 oz/ton Au.
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 107 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Township 27, Range 13 [Norberg Township], District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0359 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Batchawana-Searchmont sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P3063 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1987
Author: Grunsky E.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Batchawana, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2251 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1974
Author: Giblin P.E., Armburst G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Batchawana sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division
Publication Number: P0302 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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