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| Record Name(s) | Skunky Dog Showing - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Sep-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 47° 57' 22.09" Longitude: -84° 45' 2.05"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 667935.27 Northing: 5313873.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NW
Point Location Description: Shaft in stripped area approximately 700 feet NW of the vent raise on the Grace Mine property
Location Method: Field Visit
Access Description: Drive south from highway 101 along the Surluga Road for approximately 6 km to the Darwin/Grace Mine property (signposted). Park near the Parkhill shaft and walk north for approximately 900 feet to the shaft.
1981-1985: Dunraine Gold Mines Ltd. - VLF-EM, mag surveys, mapping, underground sampling. 1989-90: Citadel Gold Mines Ltd. - stripping, sampling, mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| McMurray-0049 | 41N15NE0053 | 41N15NE0053 |
| McMurray-0043 | 41N15NE0055 | 41N15NE0055 |
| WPMCMURRAY 56 | 41N15NE9044 | 41N15NE9044 |
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) - The occurrence is one of several veins that outcrops in the vicinity of the past producing Grace/Darwin Gold Mine. This zone was not recognized underground but was outlined by diamond drilliing in the early 1980's. The showing is related to the NNE trending Darwin Shear that lies just west of the showing.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff-Breccia | 1 | Andesite To Dacite | Tuff, Breccia | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Quartz-Sericite | Schist | Host |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Anomalous gold values have been found associated with quarrtz-carbonate veins and fracture infillings along the Darwin Shear Zone. This occurrence appears to be a poorly defined north-south fracture/vein in the vicinity of the Darwin Mine.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling in the vicinity in 1982 by Dunraine Mines Ltd (D82-4) returned values ranging between 0.002 oz/t Au - 0.58 oz/t Au. Average values were 0.10 oz/t Au over 5 feet. These values were returned from quartz-carbonate veins within a sericitic schist. A small lense of almost massive fine arsenopyrite returned a gold assay of over 2.0 oz/t Au over 6 feet.
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:
Mono - Quaternary geology of the Durham area
Publication Number: OFR5596 Date: 1990
Author: Sharpe D.R.
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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