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Record: MDI41N15NW00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gibson Group - 1936
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Rabazo

Latitude: 47° 54' 20.38"    Longitude: -84° 49' 46.95"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 662185.07   Northing: 5308094.67    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N15NW

Point Location Description: Quartz vein near a small lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Drive south from the junction of highway 101 and highway 17 for a distance of approximately 6.5 km. Walk west from the highway to a small lake west of the south end of Roller Lake.



Exploration History

pre 1938: 2 ddh. 1936: Hollinger Gold MInes Ltd. - property visit. 1966: Acme Gas and Oil Inc. - airborne geophysical survey. 1984: Roller Lake resources - mapping, ground geophysical survey, sampling.1987: H. Funk - ground geophysical surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Rabazo-0014-B1 41N15NW0144 41N15NW0144
Rabazo-0031 41N15NW0105 41N15NW0105
WP Rabazo-3 41N15NW0090 41N15NW0090
Rabazo-0016-A1 41N15NW0129 41N15NW0129

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff 1 Tuffs Near
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a well defined quartz vein hosted by greensotne porphyry.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GalenaEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue

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 45

References

Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Rabazo Township, Algoma District

Publication Number: P2682 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1983

Author: Massey N.W.D., Navratil S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Geology of the Mishewawa Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5532 Page: 75  Date: 1985

Author: Massey N.W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 310  Date: 1991

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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