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| Record Name(s) | Williamson-McWatters Group - 1938, Claim Y1660 - 1938, Ranson Mines 2 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Feb-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Rabazo
Latitude: 47° 53' 47.44" Longitude: -84° 50' 54.56"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 660810.02 Northing: 5307038.69 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NW
Point Location Description: Approximate centre of patented claim Y1660
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by road from Wawa. Drive south along highway 17 from the junction of highway 101 and 17 for a distance of approximately 10 km to where a bermed bush road branches off from the highway to the west. The vein is reportedly located in iron formation on the east shore of Bridget Lake.
1938: Williamson and McWatters - discovery, sampling. 1938: Erie Canadian Mines - property examination, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Rabazo-0019-B1 | 41N15NW0132 | 41N15NW0132 |
| Rabazo-0018-A1 | 41N15NW0139 | 41N15NW0139 |
| Rabazo-0017-B1 | 41N15NW0133 | 41N15NW0133 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Hanging Wall | |
| Sulphide Ironstone | 3 | Sulphide Facies | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a sugary quartz vein. The hanging wall of the vein is composed of gabbro related to the Bridget Lake stock. The footwall is composed of sulphide-facies iron formation.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. in 1938 returned an assay of 619.8 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4.5 | 1.5 | 340 | 75 |
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:
Mono - Geology of the Mishewawa Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5532 Page: 87-88 Date: 1985
Author: Massey N.W.D.
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: 209 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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