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| Record Name(s) | Cipway-Southwest - 1949, Siragusa #04 - 1993, Levac James - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Aug-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Osway
Latitude: 47° 38' 27.95" Longitude: -82° 18' 18.73"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 401965.194 Northing: 5277235.993 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09NW
Point Location Description: Trenching
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Access into Osway Township and the Opeepeesway Lake area is by the main haul road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144. The showing is located on the Northwest Arm of Opeepeesway Lake which can be accessed via a N/S logging road which comes within about 100 m of the lake.
1947: Cipway Gold Mines Ltd. - trenching stripping, drilling. 1979-80: Kerr Addison Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics (mag, VLF, IP). 1980: Canadian Gold and Metals/Hargor Resources - AEM (T-2357 / 2.3559). 1984: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. - mapping. 1984: Benton Resources: 2 ddh. 1985: Blue Falcon Mines - AEM, AVLF. 1988: Central Crude Limited: AMag, AEM and AVLF, geochemical survey. 2007: Augen Gold Corp. - AEM, AMag, ARAD (T-5671 / 2.37373). 2008: Augen Gold Corp.- Assays, Pr (T-5852 / 2.40516).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-5671 / 2.37373 | 20000002805 | 20000002805 |
| T-5852 / 2.40516 | 20000003874 | 20000003874 |
| T-2357 / 2.3559 | 41O09NW9161 | 41O09NW9161 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Ridout
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2724 +/- 4 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384F
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Dyke, Sheared | Host | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Sheared, carbonatized, and silicified mafic metavolcanics are cut by quartz feldspar porphyry dikes and exposed in several trenches in the immediate area.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Mineralized zone is described as being 9-10' wide (3 m) and associated with soft, pyritic mafic volcanics and porphyry intrusives. Other sulphide minerals present include pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and arsenopyrite. A mineralized sample from this area returned an assay value of 0.07 opt (2.44 g/t).
Nov 16, 2011 (P Bousquet) - During the Augen Gold Corp. propecting project of 2008, one sample of reddish grey porphyry taken in the vicinity of the Cipway-Southwest occurrence returned an assay of 1.255 gpt Au (T-5852).
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Unknown | .0016 | % | |||
| Gold | Unknown | ppm | BDL | |||
| Lead | Unknown | .0001 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .0003 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | .006 | % | |||
| Silver | Unknown | .1 | % | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0037 | % |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Aug 09, 1994
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: A number of small trenches were located on the south slope of a small hill in the area of the approximate location of the Cipway-Southwest showing. It is not known whether this is in fact the showing or trenches from other exploration. A total of three old trenches were found in this area, two of which were overburden filled. The one trench which had a visible exposure consisted of well foliated to sheared mafic volcanics in contact with a well foliated to sheared quartz-feldspar porphyry. The porphyry contains a shallow dipping white quartz vein with a maximum width of about 10 cm. No visible sulphides were observed associated with the quartz. The mafic volcanics appear well chloritized with trace scattered pyrite crystals. Fracture surfaces and weathered rind is well rusted.
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1950, Cipway GML
Publication Number: CMH 1950 Page: 239 Date: 1950
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Geological series, Jerome area (west), District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2369 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
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: 41O-37 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Precambrian Geology, Osway Township and Part of Fingal Township
Publication Number: OFM0211 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Township of Osway, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: M1949-02 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Osway Township
Publication Number: ARV58-05 Page: 17-18 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Opeepeesway Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384f Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210454
Book - Canadian mines handbook 1950
Publication Number: CMH 1950 Date: 1950
Author: Northern Miner Press
Publisher Name:
Location: CMH-50
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 178 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 79 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralization of the Southern Margin of the Swayze Belt
Publication Number: OFR5844 Page: 63 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 81-82 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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