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| Record Name(s) | Last Chance Mine - 1897, O'Conner Property - 1897 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Cobalt
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Rathbun
Latitude: 46° 44' 45.1" Longitude: -80° 36' 8.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 530377.003 Northing: 5176999.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I10NE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: 21.2km fromHwy 17N on Kukagami Lake road to junction. Continue east an additional 5.4km past public boat launch on Kukagami Lake to road heading north. Continue on this road north past picnic area and helicopter pad for 2.6km to trail heading west. Continue on foot to end of skidder trail then on compass bearing of 280 deg. Traverse to site 1.2km.
circa 1892-95: H. Ranger and J. La Rose - stripping, test pitting. 1983-85: Flag Resources Ltd. - stripping, mapping, sampling. 1935: Vanda Gold Mines - DD-3-283m. 1982: Flag Oils Limited - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping. 1984: New Augarita Porcupine Mines Ltd. - DD-27, ground geophysics, mapping, trenching. 1986-96: Flag Resources Ltd. - DD, downhole geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Rathbun-SP025 | 41I15SE0018 | 41I15SE0018 |
| Rathbun-SP022 | 41I15SE0026 | 41I15SE0026 |
| 41I15SE0027 | 41I15SE0027 | 41I15SE0027 |
| Rathbun-SP027 | 41I15SE0029 | 41I15SE0029 |
| Rathbun-0035 | 41I15SE0058 | 41I15SE0058 |
| Rathbun-0034 | 41I15SE0062 | 41I15SE0062 |
| Rathbun-0030 | 41I15SE0065 | 41I15SE0065 |
| Rathbun-SP023 | 41I15SE0016 | 41I15SE0016 |
| 63.4938 | 41I15NE0015 | 41I15NE0015 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Contains | |
| Wacke | 3 | Adjacent |
Mar 23, 2010 (A Wilson) - There are two principle veins that are east-trending and dip slightly to the south. The vein is often surrounded by an albite halo. The shaft has been sunk near the contact between Nipissing diabase and unlaminated wacke of the Gowganda Formation
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Mar 23, 2010 (A Wilson) - The mineralization reportedly consists of free gold in quartz veins. The gold values associated with the veins are erratic. The best assay from the albitized wacke, from a sample collected by Flag Resources returned 650 ppb, Au, 1350 ppm Ni, 20 ppb Pt, 20 ppb Pd, 2750 ppm Co and 69 ppm Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
Map - Geological series, Rathbun Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P1609 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1978
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 115 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Wanapitei Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R213 Page: 110 Date: 1982
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Rathbun Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF316 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Seventh report of the Inspector of Mines
Publication Number: ARV06.010 Page: 269 Date: 1998
Author: Slaght A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Fourth report on the west Ontario gold region
Publication Number: ARV07-02.001 Page: 141 Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Sudbury mineral occurrence study
Publication Number: OFR5771 Page: 195-200 Date: 1991
Author: Gates B.I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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