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| Record Name(s) | Macassa Mines Ltd. DDH 3 - 1947, Claim 35244 - 1947, Lee Group - 1984 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2014-Aug-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Leeson
Latitude: 48° 24' 10.69" Longitude: -83° 51' 2.92"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 289014 Northing: 5365017 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05NW
Point Location Description: drill collar 225 ft south of No 4 claim post claim35244
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via trail from the former Renabie Mine site.
1947: Macassa Mines Ltd. – DD-1-79 ft, ground geophysics, trenching. 1983-85: North Gold Fields Resources Inc. – ground geophysics, trenching, mapping, assays. 1988: Tenoga Consultants Ltd. – airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Leeson-0012A1/DD13 | 42B05NW0048 | 42B05NW0048 |
| Leeson-0015A1/63A.18 | 42B05NW0046 | 42B05NW0046 |
| Leeson-0029-A1/2.6521 | 42B05NW0023 | 42B05NW0023 |
| WP Leeson.6/2.10934 | 42B05NW0001 | 42B05NW0001 |
| WP Leeson.8/2.5347 | 42B05NW0021 | 42B05NW0021 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains | ||
| Granite | 2 | Granite | Contains |
Aug 27, 2014 (A Wilson) - The diamond drill intersected a 22 ft sequence of mafic metavolcanics followed by 52 feet of reddish, medium to coarse, sheared granite. Inclusions of greenstone were found at a depth of 58 ft.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 27, 2014 (A Wilson) - A 2 ft wide quartz stringer at 25-27 ft returned an assay of 0.02 oz/t Au. A 2.3 ft wide quartz vein between 55.7 and 58 ft retuned 0.06 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
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| 1 | Vein |
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:
Part - Geology of the Rennie-Leeson area
Publication Number: ARV51-08.001 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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