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Record: MDI41N14NW00039

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rr-83 Vein - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Aug-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Groseilliers

Latitude: 47° 58' 43.74"    Longitude: -85° 19' 26.21"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 625075.47   Northing: 5315305.12    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N14NW

Point Location Description: Shoreline of lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.



Exploration History

1983: New Beginnings Resources - airborne geophysics. 1988: Joutel Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1988-89: Central Crude Resources Ltd. - mapping, prospecting, stream sediment geochemistry.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Groseilliers-7 41N14NW0004 41N14NW0004
WP Groseilliers-2 42C03SE0307 42C03SE0307
WP Groseilliers-10 41N14NW0002 41N14NW0002
Groseilliers-0016 41N14NE0020 41N14NE0020

Geology

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



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Chlorite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consits of a narrow irregular quartz vein hosted by chlorite schist.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Central Crude Resources Ltd. in 1988 returned an assay of 0.034 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

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 - 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:


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:


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