Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Valenti Occurrence - 1926, Valenti Group - 1926 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Naveau
Latitude: 47° 55' 6.75" Longitude: -84° 41' 33.24"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 672390.21 Northing: 5309823.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Shallow pit east of access road
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Drive east along the Scott High Falls Road for 9.9 km to a bush road heading north (just before High Falls). Drive north for 1.7 km to the intersection of a powerline access road. Follow this road approximately 450 m to the pit.
1920's: Valenti et al. - stripping, trenching, shaft sunk to 20 ft. 1975: Asarco Exploration Co - airborne geophysical survey. 1984: Clement and Gratton - ground geophysical survey. 1991: S. Babcock - stripping, mapping, sampling, soil survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Naveau-0017-A1 | 41N15NE1057 | 41N15NE1057 |
| WP Naveau.7 | 41N15NE1062 | 41N15NE1062 |
| Naveau-0021-A1 | 41N15NE1097 | 41N15NE1097 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of a mineralized quartz vein in granodiorite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - An assay of several dollars per ton over a width of 96 inches was obtained from the SE side of the pit. Better commercial values of gold were obtained from the same vein but on the west side of Firesand Creek. Grab samples collected by T. Loughrin in 1926 retuned values rangin from $0.20 Au/t to $1.40 Au/t.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 400 | 1.2 | 340 |
Date: Mar 08, 2001
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: At the time of the last visit, the vein had been stripped and the shaft was open and exposed. The shaft is unfenced. There is also a shallow pit located approximately 20 m northwest of the shaft
File - Resident Geologist file WP Naveau.8
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Michipicoten area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM36A Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Naveau Township, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2683 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1983
Author: Massey N.W.D., Navratil S., Jennings E.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Naveau Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF134 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 48-49 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 43 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Mishewawa Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5532 Page: 87 Date: 1985
Author: Massey N.W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 295 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 35 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 219 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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