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| Record Name(s) | Birch Vein - 1996 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Aug-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Point Isacor Area
Latitude: 47° 59' 21.32" Longitude: -85° 26' 43.84"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 615980.4 Northing: 5316275.17 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N14NW
Point Location Description: Stripped vein between two lakes
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is located approximately 50 km west of Wawa. The property is accessed by travelling west on Highway 17 for approximately 48 km and then travelling down the Paint Lake Road (Magnacon Road or Eagle River road) for approximately 75 km. Travel east from the mine site for approximately 2km.
1983: Wasabi Resources Limited - airborne geophysics. 1983: Dominion Explorers Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1989-90: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - prospecting, ground geophysics, soil survey, stripping. 1996: Murgor Resources Inc. - prospecting, sampling, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP-Pt. Isacor-1 | 41N14NW0039 | 41N14NW0039 |
| 42C03SW0019 | 42C03SW0114 | 42C03SW0114 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.15 | 42C03SW0066 | 42C03SW0066 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.55 | 42C03SW0049 | 42C03SW0049 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.46 | 42C04SE0025 | 42C04SE0025 |
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 | Felsic Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of a NW trending sucrosic quartz vein within a blue quartz-eye phyric felsic tuff.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected for Murgor has returned values of 193.9 g/t Au and 48.34 g/t Au. Chip sampels have returned values of 7.44 g/t Au over 0.8 m and 4.63 g/t Au over 1 m.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 25 | 1 |
Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Point Isacor sheet
Publication Number: P3156 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:
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 - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, southeastern section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P2972 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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