Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI41N15NE00021
| Record Name(s) | Big Dome Prospect - 1927, Lloyda Gold Mine - 1901 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 47° 59' 14.14" Longitude: -84° 42' 33.71"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 670908.52 Northing: 5317423.47 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Quartz vein on former claim SSM 3256
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The easiest access to the property is by traversinsing eastward from the Surluga Road along the Wawa-Hawk Junction snow mobile trail to the Cooper Mine and Ganley Vein ( a distance of approximately 2km. From the Ganley Vein the Big Dome is situated approximately 1.5 km to the SE.
1901-03: United Mining Company Ltd. - 90 foot shaft completed. 1927: Cooper Gold Mines Ltd. - stripping and trenching. 1963:Surluga Gold Mines - property description.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| McMurray-0027-D1 | 41N15NE0094 | 41N15NE0094 |
| McMurray-0040 | 42C02SE9043 | 42C02SE9043 |
| WP McMurray-3 | 42C02SE0504 | 42C02SE0504 |
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 is hosted by the Jubilee tuffs. The Jubilee tuffs are locally important and are geographically restricted to the area east, west and south of the Jubilee lake stock. The tuffs are stratigraphically located between mafic to intermediate and intermediate to felsic metavolcanics of the second volcanic cycle.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate flow breccia | 1 | Andesite To Dacite | Heterolithic Breccia | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described in the literature as consisting of a wide quartz vein surrounded by greenstone. Mapping by the OGS in the vicinity of the showing indicates that the bedrock is composed of lithic tuffs and/or breccia.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 61 | 9 | 180 |
Book - EXPL RPT - MCMURRAY 0027-D1
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
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:
Book - EXPL RPT - MCMURRAY 0040
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
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:
Book - EXPL RPT - WP MCMURRAY 3
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
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:
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:
MonoMap - Geology of McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5283 Page: 124 Date: 1979
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 263 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 423 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 47 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Michipicoton Mining Division
Publication Number: ARV12.004 Page: 64 Date: 1998
Author: Boyd D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Book - McMurray Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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