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| Record Name(s) | Monk Gold Property - 1983, Phillips Occurrence - 1936, Rouleau Option - 1936, Claim 8576 - 1936, Williamson Pothole - 1936 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Rabazo
Latitude: 47° 54' 40.97" Longitude: -84° 44' 44.23"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668450.15 Northing: 5308910.64 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NW
Point Location Description: Adit at base of cliff
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Drive east along the Scott High Falls road from highway 17 for approximately 7 km to the Scott Falls access road. Drive south to the river and then walk west along an abandoned road for approximately 200 m to the site.
Pre-1936: M. Williamson et al. - staking, inclined shaft sunk to 45 feet on a vein, approximately 125 tons of reock mined, 70 tons of hand-sorted ore shipped to Centennial Mine for milling; 10 ddh 1936: Erie Canadian Gold Mines - sampling. late 1930's: Centennial Gold Mines - trenching, 1 ddh. 1944: Algoma Ore Properties Ltd. - property examination. 1974 :K Shortt and W. Monkl. - 260 tons of rock mined by slashing old shaft collar across 28 feet, hand-cobbed material assayed. 1975 Shortt et al. - 300 pounds of ore concentrated to assay 16.55 a/t Au and 17.80 oz/t Ag 1980: Algoma Steel Corporation - airborne geophysical survey. 1983-94: Monk Gold Mines Ltd. - trenching, 35 ddh (5935.1 m), ground geophysical surveys, soil sampling, underground development (90 m of decline developed in 1985).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Rabazo-0018-B1 | 20000018521 | 20000018521 |
| Rabazo-0019-A1 | 20000004982 | 20000004982 |
| Rabazo-0019-D1 | 41N15NW0140 | 41N15NW0140 |
| Rabazo-0034 | 41N15NE0104 | 41N15NE0104 |
| Rabazo-0041-A1 | 41N15NE9117 | 41N15NE9117 |
| Rabazo-0042-A1 | 41N15NW0095 | 41N15NW0095 |
| Rabazo-0043 | 41N15NW0092 | 41N15NW0092 |
| Rabazo-0048 | 41N15NE0204 | 41N15NE0204 |
| WP_Rabazo-2 | 41N15NW0080 | 41N15NW0080 |
| Lendrum-0017 | 42C02SE0070 | 42C02SE0070 |
| Rabazo-0045 | 41N15NE0093 | 41N15NE0093 |
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
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Tuff | Sheared | Hanging Wall |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Quartz-Sericite | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The property is underlain by a sequence of mafic to intermediate tuffs and massive sills. Gold mineralization is concentraed in a series of en echelon quartz veins. The shallow-dipping, NE-trending mineralized veins transect a zone of weakly mineralized quartz-carbonate veins that are concordant with the regional SE-striking foliation. The zone consists of a 3-4 m wide section of vertical quartz veins and stringers, which are contained within an intensely sericitized, carbonatized and silicified host rock. The degree of alteration obscures host rock identification.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Hand-cobbed ore mined from the vein in the 1930's averaged between 1.0 and 2.0 oz/t Au. Assay values from grab samples collected by Erie Canadian returned values ranging between $0.40 to $1.60 Au/t from the schistose host rocks and from $0.80 to $19.20 Au/t in the quartz vein. Grab samples collected by Algoma Ore Properties in 1944 returned values of 1.58 oz/t Au and3.47 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Epithermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 950 | .9 | 230 | 45 |
File - Resident Geologist file Resident Geologist files WP_Rabazo-7
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
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 - 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:
File - Newspaper - Monk Gold & Resources
Publication Number: clippings Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 108 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Mishewawa Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5532 Page: 75-77 Date: 1985
Author: Massey N.W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 312 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Rabazo Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF074 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Geology of Wawa area gold mineralization; ILSG field trip guide, volume 33
Publication Number: ILSG v33p2 Page: 2 Date: 1987
Author: Frey, E.D.
Publisher Name: Institute on Lake Superior Geology
Location: Timmins RGP
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: 206 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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