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| Record Name(s) | Sunrise Prospect - 1903, Sunrise and Mickelson Veins - 1903, Van Ollie Prospect - 1982, Sunrise Shaft - 1903, Wilcox Vein - 1930 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 47° 58' 18.45" Longitude: -84° 44' 9.33"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668977.3 Northing: 5315645.6 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Shaft located 400 m west of south end of Sunrise Lake, on SSM 3047
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Drive south along the Surluga Road for approximately 5 km to the Van Ollie property fence. Park at the fence and walk approximately 250 m to the stripped area.
Exploration history is sketchy and imprecise at the best. 1898: discovery by Lloyd Van Sickle 1902-03: Sunrise Mining Company Ltd. - inclined shaft (Sunrise) sunk to 100 feet, second shaft (Wilcox?) sunk 20 ft. 1933: Parkhill Gold Mines Ltd. - bulk sampling (1450 tons from Sunrise and Mickelson Veins). 1934-1952: Michipicoten Gold Mines Ltd. - mapping, trenching, stripping, sampling, drilling. 1967: L. Van Sickle - property owner. 1989-91: Van Ollie Exploration - stripping, diamond drilling, sampling, geological mapping, soil survey, geophysical survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| MCMURRAY 34 | 41N15NE0087 | 41N15NE0087 |
| MCMURRAY35A1 | 41N15NE0091 | 41N15NE0091 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The property consists of a complex series of quartz veins hosted by the Jubilee Tuffs. The Jubilee tuffs are a distinctive package of dacitic to andesitic rocks that are locally developed around the Jubilee Stock. These rocks likely occure between intermeddiate-mafic and intermediate-felsic metavolcianci rocks of the 2750 MA cycle. These rocks are largely absent elsewhere within the stratigraphic package.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Dacite To Andesite | Tuff | Adjacent |
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of a series of at least 4 major quartz veins - Wilcox, Sunrise, Mickelson and Lucky Strike. These quartz veins have variable strikes. They are hosted within intermediate tuffs and fragmentals which are in turn intruded by a series of dioritic sills and dikes that are related to the Jubilee Stock that outcrops to the west.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Visible gold has been observed as fine grained disseminations and clots up to 4 mm within the sulphide rich quartz veins. Assays from the bulk sample taken from Sunrise Vein by Parkhill Mines yielded 0.43 oz/t Au accross 2 feet and 1.11 oz/t Au over 2.7 feet. Assays from a 4 ton bulk sample taken from the Mickelson Vein in 1940 returned values of 0.64 oz/t Au over 60 feet. Grab samples from quartz veins on the property taken by Van Ollie Exploration ranged from 0.01 oz/t to 0.926 oz/t Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 137 | .45 | 300 | 50 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 45 | 295 | 25 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 60 | .6 | 260 | 60 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 67 | .2 | 275 | 40 |
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:
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:
Book - McMurray Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1987
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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:
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: 46 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:
MonoMap - Geology of McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5283 Page: 131-135 Date: 1979
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 274 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: 59-60 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: 458-459 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Michipicoton Mining Division
Publication Number: ARV12.004 Page: 65 Date: 1998
Author: Boyd D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Michipicoton Mining Division
Publication Number: ARV13-01.002 Page: 47 Date: 1998
Author: Boyd D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Publication - Gold Occurrences of Ontario East of Lake Superior; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 192
Publication Number: GSC Mem 192 Page: 87 Date: 1936
Author: Kindle, E.D.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100824
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