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Record: MDI41N15NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mackey Point Veins - 1897, Y.103 - 1898, Dickinson Location - 1898
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Dec-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: McMurray

Latitude: 47° 59' 55.02"    Longitude: -84° 43' 1.25"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 670300.36   Northing: 5318668.59    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N15NE

Point Location Description: Veins on shore of Wawa Lake

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The veins are easily accessed by canoe from Wawa Beach. Travel northeast along the south side of Wawa Lake for approximately 1.5 km to the adit on the shoreline.



Exploration History

1897-1900: gold discovery by Mrs William Teddy, property sold to J. M. Dickinson who in turn transferred the property to J. J. Mackey and J. L. Caverhill; stripping, 40 ft shaft with 30 ft of crosscutting. 1933-1936: Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. - sampling. 1936: reverted to Mackey Point Gold Mines Ltd. 1963: Surluga Gold MInes Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1989: Citadel Gold Mines Inc. - mapping, sampling, stripping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
MCMURRAY 15 41N15NW9150 41N15NW9150
McMurray-0063 42C02SE0021 42C02SE0021
WP MCMURRAY.56 41N15NE9044 41N15NE9044
MCMURRAY 27 41N15NE0094 41N15NE0094

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2750 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The veins are hosted by the Jubilee tuffs. These tuffs are adistinctive package of intermediate rocks occurring between intermediate to mafic and intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rocks of the 2750 Ma cycle. These rocks are of local distribution and are largely absent between the intermediate to felsic and intermediate to mafic metavolcanic rocks in other areas of the Michipicoten greenstone belt.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Andesite To Dacite Tuff Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The veins appear to be associated with sheared tuffaceous rocks and diorite along the Jubilee shear zone along the water's edge. The veins are between 2 inches to 2 feet in width and are composed of glassy quartz.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
3PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
4TourmalineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Gold values are erratic and range frome trace to 12.44 oz/t Au. Values obtained from the veins along the point are: 1.02 oz/t Au over 1 ft; 12.44 oz/t Au over 0.9 ft; 0.56 oz/t Au over 1.2 ft; - calculated averages are 2.43 oz/t Au over 1.05 ft. Results are taken from 1933 sampling undertaken by Mackey Point Syndicate.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 30 .3 30 60

References

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

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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:


Map - Geological series, McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, formerly Township 29, Range 23, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0828 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1973

Author: Rupert R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of McMurray Township, Wawa area, Algoma District

Publication Number: P2441 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1982

Author: Sage R.P., Sawitzky E., Turner J., Leeselleur P., Sagle E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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:


Book - McMurray Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1987

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Map - Precambrian Geology, Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Central Portion

Publication Number: P3303 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1994

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 45  Date: 1998

Author: Gledhill T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - The ore deposits of the Michipicoten area

Publication Number: ARV44-08.003 Page: 74-76  Date: 1997

Author: Frohberg M.H.

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: 30-31  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5283 Page: 120-123  Date: 1979

Author: Rupert R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 272-273  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report

Publication Number: Robinson Page: 30  Date: 1983

Author: Robinson, D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Timmins RGP


MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 432-434  Date: 1993

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Michipicoton Mining Division

Publication Number: ARV07-02.004 Page: 194  Date: 1998

Author: Willmott A.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - Michipicoton Mining Division

Publication Number: ARV09.005 Page: 114  Date: 1998

Author: Boyd D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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