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| Record Name(s) | Shier Occurrence - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Sep-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 47° 58' 38.48" Longitude: -84° 44' 18.2"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668775.32 Northing: 5316258.6 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NW
Point Location Description: Centre of claims JD12-15 on Map 36a
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The actual location of the site is imprecise. The veins reportedly lie about half a mile east of Jubilee Lake and about the same distance northeast of Minto Lake. It may be part of the Van Sickle/Sunrise property.
Imprecise locational and exploration history, may be the same as the Sunrise property.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5586
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted by the Jubilee tuffs. These tuffs are a localized unit lying between mafic to intermediate and intermediate to felsic metavolcanics adjacent to the the Jubilee Lake stock.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Andesite To Dacite | Tuff | Adjacent |
| Diorite | 3 | Diorite | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a series of veins bordering diorite on the south and chlorite shcost on the north. A lamprophyre dike cross cuts the lithology. Quartz porphyry has also been reported in the vicinity. The description of the property by Gledhill resembles the geology surrounding the S. B. Smith shaft.
| 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 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - No assays have been published for this site.
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:
Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 48 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: 43 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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