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| Record Name(s) | Mishibishu Gold Sample 8756 - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Sep-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Silver
Township or Area: Homer
Latitude: 47° 59' 6" Longitude: -85° 49' 19.16"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 587899.16 Northing: 5315304.49 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N13NW
Point Location Description: Sample on east side of creek
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.
1972-73: Asarco Exploration Co. Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1983: New Beginnings Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1985: 655 Group Holdings Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1988-91: Granges Inc/Mishibishu Gold Corporation. - airborne geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Homer-1 | 41N13NW0004 | 41N13NW0004 |
| WP Homer-2 | 41N13NW0003 | 41N13NW0003 |
| WP Homer-3 | 41N13NW0060 | 41N13NW0060 |
| Homer-3 | 41N13NW0005 | 41N13NW0005 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1, P. 494
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Chloirite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Tuff | Near | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing, consisting of 60 cm to 1 m wide chloritic zone, is underlain by felsic tuffs, cherts, lean narrow units of iron formation and fine tuffacewous metasediments. It si overlain by mainly andesitic tuffs and lapilli tuffs. The rocks are broadly epidotized and locally chloritized.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A series of grab samples collected returned the following assays:2568 pppm Cu, 41 ppm ZN, 1.1 ppm Ag; 7547 pm Cu, 73 ppm Zn, 6.1 ppm Ag; 1567 ppm Cu, 65 ppm Zn, 3.2 ppm Ag; 5141 ppm Cu, 73 ppm Zn, 27.0 ppm Ag; 15552 ppm Cu, 124 ppm Zn, 11.8 ppm Ag; 15792 ppm Cu, 119 ppm Zn, 19.7 ppm Ag.
File - Resident Geologist files Homer-2
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Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Bonamie Cove sheet
Publication Number: P3149 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1992
Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Heather K.B., Logothetis J., Reilly B.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2332 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Operation Pukaskwa, Pukaskwa River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P0506 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Operation Pukaskwa, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0541 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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