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| Record Name(s) | War Eagle Occurrence - 1927, Villeneuve Property - 1962 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Feb-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 47° 56' 46.15" Longitude: -84° 44' 30.72"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668617.32 Northing: 5312783.03 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Pit in quartz vein to the NE of Dysey's Farm
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive south from highway 101 along the Surluga Road for approximately 10 km. The vein lies within a series of low outcrops to the north of the old farm clearing.
Pre-1927: unknown - stripping, 2 pits sunk, channel sampling. 1962: Villeneuve - 6 ddh (1129 feet).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| McMurray-0014-E1 | 41N15NE9140 | 41N15NE9140 |
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 occurrence lies within the Jubilee tuffs. These tuffs are of local importance and are distributed to the east, west and south of the Jubilee Lake Stock. These rocks are andesite to dacite in composition and likely occur between intermediate to mafic and intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rocks of the 2750 Ma cycle.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Andesite To Dacite | Tuff | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Quartz Porphyry | 3 | Quartz | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence reportedly occurs within a large quartz vein that is hosted by a schist. A quartz porphyry is reported to lie to the north of the quartz vein. Numerous drag folded and branching quartz veins are found in the vicinity of the showing.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Where the sulphides are most abundant, needles of arsenopyrite and tourmaline and crystals of pyrite are found in a sericite schist. A published assay for the vein ran 0.45 oz/t Au. Diamond drilling in the vicinity of the showing returned copper values of 0.21%.
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:
Book - McMurray Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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:
Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 49 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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 - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 276 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: 61 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: 461 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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