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| Record Name(s) | Coutu North Showing - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Apr-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Asselin
Latitude: 47° 38' 38.34" Longitude: -84° 45' 59.37"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 667748.83 Northing: 5279148.32 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N10NW
Point Location Description: Vein on former claim SSM40559
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: From Highway 17 take the Gamitagama Lake road to the canoe launch on the lake. Travel by canoe to the south bay of Gamitagama Lake. The north showing is located on the north side of a small lake approximately 100 m south of Gamitagama Lake.
1959: Coutu Gold Mines - 2 XRay drill holes. In 1956, exploration and prospecting in provincial parks was prohibited.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| ASSELIN 0011 | 41N10SW0009 | 41N10SW0009 |
| ASSELIN 0016 | 41N10SW0006 | 41N10SW0006 |
| ASSELIN 0019 | 41N10SW0001 | 41N10SW0001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Gamitagama
Geological Age: Mesoarchean Geochronological Age: 1.10 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Gamitagama greenstone belt is geographically separated from the Mishiwawa part of theMichipicoten greenstone belt. It can be subdivided into a sedimentary rock assemblaged and a volcanic rock dominated assemblage. The Gamitigama Lake complex is a calc-alkalic sock which ranges in composition from olivine gabbro to syenite, intrudes the eastern half of the Gamitagama assemblage.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Monzonite | 1 | Porphyry | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing conists of a series of stringers and lenses of quartz within a quartz monzonite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A composite grab sample from the veins assayed $0.70 oz/t Au.
Map - Township 30, Range 19 [Asselin Township], District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0129 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ayres L.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of townships 31 and 30, ranges 20 and 19, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R069 Page: 68 Date: 1969
Author: Ayres L.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Townships 31 and 30, range 19, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2138 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1968
Author: Ayres L.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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