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| Record Name(s) | Ganley Vein - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Jan-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 47° 59' 28.93" Longitude: -84° 43' 24.84"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 669835.34 Northing: 5317848.59 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Claim 4020, Map 36a
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The site is accessible by walking east along the Wawa Snoriders Wawa-Hawk Lake snowmobile trail for a distance of approximately 2km from its junction with the Surluga Road. The Ganley vein is situated on the south side of the trail. The fenced shaft is located approximately 250 m south of the trail.
Gold was discovered at the site some time around 1900. By 1927, a 50 foot deep shaft had been sunk on the vein. The mine was opened by a near surface adit, an inclined shaft on the vein and one level at a vertical depth of about 36 feet. The bottom level was 194 feet long and stoping above the level was continuous for 50 feet on the incline. Citadel Gold Mines stripped, trenched and mapped the area in the late 1980's.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP McMurray-3 | 42C02SE0504 | 42C02SE0504 |
| McMurray-0022-C1 | 41N15NE0090 | 41N15NE0090 |
| McMurray-0027-D1 | 41N15NE0094 | 41N15NE0094 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Mesoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.75 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5775
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Ganley Vein lies at the eastern contact between the Jubilee Lake granodiorite stock and the Jubilee tuffs. These tuffs are fine-grained, massive feldspar-free and feldspar-rich units with a number of polymictic breccia units. Along the east side of the Jubilee Lake Stock the tuffs contain grains of biotite as individual grains and clusters of grains.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diorite | 2 | Diorite | Footwall | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein occurs approximately at the contact between the Jubilee Lake stock to the west and the Jubilee tuffs to the east. In the vicinity of the vein there are significant proportions of metavolcanic xenoliths within the diorite. The Ganley Vein has been considered to be an extension of the Cooper Vein, but actually runs parallel to and lies approximately 250 m south of the Cooper Vein.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Gold values were erratic, coarse and occurred chiefly in vugs. There are no reported values for the Ganley occurrence.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Epithermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 30 | 1.2 | 115 | 43 |
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: 27 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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 - Goudreau and Michipicoten gold areas, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV40-04.001 Page: 39 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 42 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 269-270 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5283 Page: 77-79 Date: 1979
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 428-429 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WAWA AREA, P.8
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: FILES
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