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Record: MDI000000001747

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Claim SSM 351638 - 1980
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2014-Aug-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Leeson

Latitude: 48° 24' 27.59"    Longitude: -83° 51' 21.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 288648   Northing: 5365553    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B05NW

Point Location Description: sample site on former claim 351638

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1980: The Coniagas Mines Limited – stripping, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Leeson-11 42B05NW0016 42B05NW0016

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Is
Tonalite 2 Trondhjemite-Tonalite Sheared Contains

Lithology Comments

Aug 27, 2014 (A Wilson) - A band of green cherty quartz is associated with a fault zone that extends for at least 200 ft and strikes 340°. This band strikes nearly perpendicular to gold-bearing, vein-shear systems.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 27, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from a local shear zone returned assays ranging from 0.08 to 0.09 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
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
Regular 260 85

References

Map - Rennie-Leeson area, District of Sudbury, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51G Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Bruce E.L., Horwood H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Renabie Mines Limited, Nudulama Mines Limited and adjoining properties, surface geology, parts of Rennie, Leeson and Brackin townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0492 Scale: 1:6,000    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Missinaibi Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0672 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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