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| Record Name(s) | Mishibishu Gold Sample 421354 - 1988 |
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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
Township or Area: Homer
Latitude: 47° 58' 37.56" Longitude: -85° 49' 25.11"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 587789.18 Northing: 5314424.5 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N13NW
Point Location Description: Grab samples west of Brown Lake
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, 3ddh (333 m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Homer-4 | 41N13NW0001 | 41N13NW0001 |
| Homer-3 | 41N13NW0005 | 41N13NW0005 |
| WP Homer-1 | 41N13NW0004 | 41N13NW0004 |
| WP Homer-3 | 41N13NW0060 | 41N13NW0060 |
| WP Homer-2 | 41N13NW0003 | 41N13NW0003 |
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 | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Tuff, Crystal Tuff | Near | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Wacke | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A package of rocks containing felsic tuffs, crystal ltuffs, cherts, lean iron formation, fine wackes and tuffaceous metasediments contains a pronounced Cu-Zn soil anomaly as well as a well defined arsenic and silver anomaly. The highest assays were returned from a sulphide-rich fracture.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Mishibishu Gold in 1988 returned an assay of 7411 ppm Cu, 120 ppm Zn, 12.2 ppm Ag, 288 ppb Au.
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
Location:
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
Location:
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
Location:
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