Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Cucumber Lake Occurrence - 1958, Nichol Showing - 1958 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: MacBeth
Latitude: 46° 50' 40.78" Longitude: -80° 18' 47.16"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 552373 Northing: 5188131 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I16SW
Point Location Description: trenches
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: North from River Valley 35km to bridge and intersection to Wawiashkashi Lake at south end of Manitou Lake. Wawiashkashi Lake road north 4km to logging road. 1.7km to boat launch located on rough bush road 50m before camp at end of road on west shore of Cucumber Lake. Navigate east from launch to site.
1958-60: W. Nichol - DD-6 - 307ft, trenching, stripping. 1959-60: Little Long Lac Mines Ltd. - DD-5-208 ft, trenching, prospecting, sampling. 1969: Kennco Explorations Limited - airborne geophysics. 1998-99: S. Anderson and T. Anderson - sampling, mapping, ground geophysics. 2008: Goldwright Explorations Inc. - ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| MACBETH-0010-A1 | 41I16SW0016 | 41I16SW0016 |
| MACBETH-0010-C1 | 41I16SW0017 | 41I16SW0017 |
| Dana –0011 | 41I16SW0020 | 41I16SW0020 |
| 2.18992 | 41I16SW2009 | 41I16SW2009 |
| 2.20704 | 41I16SW2012 | 41I16SW2012 |
| 2.38431 | 20000003057 | 20000003057 |
| CLEMENT19B1 | 41I16SW0003 | 41I16SW0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Temagami
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
Oct 30, 2012 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a quartz vein within porphyritic andesite. The vein is 0.3 to 0.6 m wide, strikes W50°E and dips about 50° NW.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 30, 2012 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Little Long Lac Mines returned assays ranging from 0.01 oz/t Au to 1.76 oz/t Au. A 3 foot section of core from DDH 5 assayed 0.15 oz/t Au; a 0.9 ft section of core from DDH 2 assayed 0.21 oz/t Au. Grab samples collected by S. Anderson in 1998 returned values ranging from 0.05 to 23.45 oz/t Au. A grab sample of silicified andesite collected in 1999 assayed 4430 ppm Au and 673 ppm Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
MonoMap - Geology of Afton, Scholes, Macbeth, and Clement townships, districts of Sudbury and Nipissing
Publication Number: R170 Scale: Date: 1977
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Macbeth and Clement townships, Sudbury and Nipissing districts
Publication Number: M2386 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 Scale: Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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