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| Record Name(s) | Varicose Vein - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Aug-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Groseilliers
Latitude: 47° 59' 46.55" Longitude: -85° 15' 57.38"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 629360.47 Northing: 5317340 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N14NW
Point Location Description: Vein near L67+00N 25+00E on Joutel Resources grid.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.
1970: Rawhile U Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (252 ft). 1988-90: Joutel Resources Ltd/Central Crude Ltd. - airborne geophysics, prospecting, stripping, mapping, soil survey, 2 ddh (156.9 m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Groseilliers-2 | 42C03SE0307 | 42C03SE0307 |
| Groseilliers-0010-A1 | 41N14NW0013 | 41N14NW0013 |
| WP Groseilliers-13 | 41N14NW0001 | 41N14NW0001 |
| WP Groseilliers-9 | 41N14NE0024 | 41N14NE0024 |
| Groseilliers-0010-C1 | 41N14NW0012 | 41N14NW0012 |
| Groseilliers-0010-D1 | 41N14NW0011 | 41N14NW0011 |
| Groseilliers-0013-A1 | 41N14NE0034 | 41N14NE0034 |
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 | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic massive flow | 2 | Massive | Near | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Siltstone | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of a series of 3 - 15 cm wide quartz veins within sheared mafic metavolcanic flows. The shear coincides with a pronounced EM conductor. Overlying the mafic metavolcanic rocks there is a thin unit of silstone and argillite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples of the vein by Joutel in 1989 returned assays up to 0.47 oz/t Au. Other grab samples returned assays ranging from 157 ppb to 2180 pb Au. The veins also sho enrichment in Bi, W and Cu.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 20 | .06 | 17 | 50 |
Date: Aug 21, 2001
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: The Varicose Vein is milky white in colour and is found within coarser-graine mafic metavolcanic rocks.
Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Dog Harbour sheet
Publication Number: P3157 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
Location:
Mono - Geology, structure and economic geology of the Mishibishu Lake area
Publication Number: OFR5774 Page: 165 Date: 1991
Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Reilly B.A., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - University River, Algoma and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2333 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, University River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P0507 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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