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| Record Name(s) | Peyton - 1962, Wilsons Mine - 1985, Payton - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Township or Area: Gaiashk
Latitude: 46° 25' 47.99" Longitude: -82° 20' 42.9"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 396644.463 Northing: 5142704.059 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J08NW
Point Location Description: Shaft, trenching, pits
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 300 metres west of Whiskey Lake, 2.3 kilometres south of the north boundary of Gaiashk Township.
1898: Shaft reported to have been sunk. 1904-1906: Stripping and shaft to 25 feet and drift 24 feet under Whiskey lake on copper-bearing vein by A. Teasdale. 1912: Stripping, trenching and test pitting by J.S. Wilson. 1925: Trench 40 feet long, shaft 30 feet deep and sampling by J.S. Wilson. 1927: 1 d.d. hole and shaft dewatered by Serpent Basin Mines Ltd.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - The country rocks are Middle Mississagi argillite and siltstone with minor greywacke beds cut by a Keweenawan? diabase and gabbro intrusive. A quartz vein is exposed in a trench for 40 feet and varies in width from 0.5 to 4.5 feet. In the shaft two veins occur at 20 and 26 feet below the surface vein. The pinciple vein strikes N30W and dips 90, and has been traced over a length of 100 feet (mostly under Whiskey Lake). Small amounts of pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and native gold are associated with the quartz.No data concerning copper content is available. The highest gold assays were $121.20 (6.06 ounces) over a width of 5 inches and $14.80 (0.74 ounces) over a width of 32 inches, but for 6 other samples the values ranged from nil to 0.12 ounces of gold per ton. (ODM 1971 MRC 13 P 40-41) (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 88-89).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Map - Township 137, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M2003 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:1,267,200 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mines of western Ontario
Publication Number: ARV14-01.003 Page: 65-66 Date: 1998
Author: Carter W.E.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The Whiskey Lake area
Publication Number: ARV22-01.004 Page: 153-154 Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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:
Part - The Whiskey Lake area (District of Algoma)
Publication Number: ARV34-04.002 Page: 43-46 Date: 1998
Author: Douglas G.V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Whiskey Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM34C Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Douglas G.V., Kindle L.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of townships 137 and 138, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R010 Page: 76-77 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 40-41 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 88-89 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - North Shore of Lake Huron; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 143
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 143 Page: 118 Date: 1925
Author: Collins, W.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100853
MonoMap - Geology of McMahon and Morin townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R112 Page: 65-66 Date: 1973
Author: Chandler F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 103 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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