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| Record Name(s) | Gananoque Vein - 1897, Claims B.Y.31 and B.Y.81 Occurrence - 1899 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Rabazo
Latitude: 47° 55' 59.53" Longitude: -84° 46' 1.99"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 666766 Northing: 5311289 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NW
Point Location Description: Filled adit in face of hill
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive east from highway 17 along the Scott High Falls road for approximately 3 km, where the second power line crosses the road. Walk east along the power line for approximately 300 m to the occurrence.
1897: Gananoque Gold Mining Company - 53 ft long tunnel along the main vein, 42 ft long tunnel driven into the face of the cliff above the main tunnel, stripping. 1962: Consolidated Bellekeno Mines Ltd. - mapping, sampling, ground geophysics. 1970: Pango Gold Mines Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics. 1979-83: Canabec Explorations Ltd. - VLFEM, magnetometer survey, mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Naveau 0013A1/ 2.2921 | 41N15NE0058 | 41N15NE0058 |
| Naveau 0011B1/ 2.3089 | 41N15NW0131 | 41N15NW0131 |
| Naveau 0014A1/ 2.3126 | 41N15NE0669 | 41N15NE0669 |
| McMurray0028A1/ 63.1201 | 41N15NW0039 | 41N15NW0039 |
| Rabazo 0028/ 2.5635 | 41N15NW0029 | 41N15NW0029 |
| McMurray 0033 | 41N15NW0038 | 41N15NW0038 |
| McMurray0019A1 | 41N15NW0036 | 41N15NW0036 |
| Rabazo 0022 | 20000018461 | 20000018461 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.75 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Tuff, Crystal Tuff | Near | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The main vein is composed of coarse, glassy quartz with approximately 2% disseminated pyrite. The muck pile contains samples of narrow sugary quartz veins which are probably a secondary set of veins. These veins range in width from approximately 5 to 25 cm in width. The surrounding intermediate metavolcanic rocks are strongly carbonatized.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Samples collected from the site in 1899 returned assay values of: $1021.50, $5.00, $1200.00, $17.92, $13.00, $20.18 and $93.95 Au/gold. A grab sample from the adjacent muck pile, collected in 1992 by the OGS, returned an assay of 0.019 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 183 | 3 | 180 | 85 |
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:
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 - 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 - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Michipicoten Sheet
Publication Number: M2669 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2002
Author: Johns G.W., McIlraith S.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 44 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Mishewawa Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5532 Page: 70-72 Date: 1985
Author: Massey N.W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 311-312 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Michipicoton Mining Division
Publication Number: ARV09.005 Page: 114 Date: 1998
Author: Boyd D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Michipicoton Mining Division
Publication Number: ARV10.006 Page: 114 Date: 1998
Author: Boyd D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 202 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 186 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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