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| Record Name(s) | Moody Vein - 1989, Moody Pit - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Oct-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 47° 57' 20.62" Longitude: -84° 44' 28.6"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668630.27 Northing: 5313848.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NW
Point Location Description: Veins in southwest corner of SSM 3471
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drive south from highway 101 along the Surluga Road for approximately 5.5 km. The veins are exposed in a stripped area just to the north of the bridge over Trout Creek.
1980-83: Dunraine Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling, stripping, sampling, mapping. 1984. Dunraine Mines Ltd. - Dasher Resources - 5 ddh. 1989-91: Citadel Gold Mines Ltd. - stripping, sampling, mapping, humus sampling, ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| McMurray-0045 | 41N15NE0061 | 41N15NE0061 |
| McMurray-0043 | 41N15NE0055 | 41N15NE0055 |
| McMurray-0049 | 41N15NE0053 | 41N15NE0053 |
| WP McMurray-56 | 42C02SE0500 | 42C02SE0500 |
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) - These veins may be the updip manifestation of the faulted extension of the Parkhill sheared vein. This was a a very rich structure and was mined at the Parkhill Gold Mine. These veins lie midway between the Darwin Shear to the west and the Parkhill Fault to the east.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Andesite To Dacite | Tuff | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Between the Parkhill Fault and the Darwin Shearthe stratigraphy strikes NNE and dips NW. The rocks consist of a thick intermediate to felsic sequence of tuffs and breccias. In the vicinity of the veins the unit consists of intermediate to felsic pillowed and amydaloidal flows.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Moody vein consists of a number of discontinuous veins of limited strike length and differing gold content. The quartz in the veins is fine to medium grained granular to sugary, whit to smoke grey with patches of pink staining (calcite?). Surface sampling of the vein yielded trace to 0.02 oz/t Au with two assays of 0.786 oz/t Au and 1.09 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 5 | .6 | 70 | 40 |
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - McMurray Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
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:
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