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| Record Name(s) | Bi-Ore - 1946, Siragusa #13 - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Aug-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Osway
Latitude: 47° 36' .44" Longitude: -82° 13' 15.31"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 408224 Northing: 5272579 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09SE
Point Location Description: Trenching
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is by way of the main haul road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144. A road heading north towards Opeepeesway Lake begins at about kilometer 43. The showing can be reached by a 1.5 km traverse east of a point about 2 km south of the old Jerome Mine.
1946-49: Bi-Ore Mines Ltd. conducted a program of trenching and completed 1500' (457 m) of diamond drilling on a group of claims in the southeast corner of Osway Township. The majority of the work was concentrated on the mineralized shear contact between volcanics and sediments. Samples from drill core in these areas are reported to have returned values of 0.17 opt over 5' and 0.57 opt over 2'. 1983-84: Kidd Resources Ltd./Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. conducted a ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey as well as geological mapping over a block of claims which included both the Skye and Bi-Ore showings. 1985: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. conducted an airborne magnetic and VLF electromagnetic survey over several townships including Osway Township. 1986-87: Kidd Resources Ltd. conducted a program of rock stripping and trenching in the areas around the Bi-Ore and Skye showings. This work was followed by a program of 5 diamond drill holes. Two of these holes were drilled in the area of the Bi-Ore showing. Both holes returned predominantly mafic metavolcanics with quartz and quartz-carbonate veinlets with associated sulphides; pyrite, arsenopyrite, and pyrrhotite (T-3094 / 19). 1989: Pioneer Metals Corporation conducted an airborne magnetic and VLF survey over a 17 claim block in an area to the southwest of Opeepeesway Lake. 1991: Noranda Exploration conducted a program of humus and rock sampling which covered the Bi-Ore showing as well as the Skye showing to the northwest. Rock sampling indicated significantly less gold values than previously reported in prior work records. The humus geochemical survey failed to reveal any strike extensions of either the Bi-Ore or Skye showings. 2007: Augen Gold Corp. performed an aerial electromagnetic, aeromagnetic and aerial radiometric surveys (T-5671 / 2.37373). 2008: Augen Gold Corp performed prospecting and assays (T-5852 / 2.40516). 2009-2010: Augen Gold Corp. performed a groung electromagnetic, magnetic survey (T-6137 / 2.46104).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3094 / 19 | 41O09SE0520 | 41O09SE0520 |
| T-5671 / 2.37373 | 20000002805 | 20000002805 |
| T-5852 / 2.40516 | 20000003874 | 20000003874 |
| T-6137 / 2.46104 | 20000005559 | 20000005559 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Ridout
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2724 +/-4MA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Mineralized zone is comprised of a highly sheared and carbonatized rock containing irregular patches and lenses of quartz. Between the masses of silicified rock occur zones of rusty weathered schist.
| 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 (K Houle) - The sheared and carbonatized rock unit with zones of silicification is reported to be heavily mineralized with pyrite and arsenopyrite. The best assay reported from surface sampling of the trenches is reported to be 0.04 opt. Drilling intersecting the mineralized zone reported generally low gold values, but one section of massive arsenopyrite encountered assayed 0.17 opt over 5' and 0.57 opt over 2'.
Nov 16, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Hole OSW-87-1 intersected mafic metavolcanics with various silicification with arseopyrite which returned assays of 0.024, 0.016 and 0.058 oz/t Au over three feet each (T-3094 / 19). Hole OSW-87-2 intersected also grades of the same level than OSW-87-1 (T-3094 / 19). Augen Gold Corp. took forty-six samples from the Bi-Ore occurrence. Sixteen of them returned a gold assay higher than 0.5 gpt Au, with the highest at 4.25 gpt Au (T-5852 / 2.40516).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1.5 | N/A | N/A |
File - Resident Geologist file T-2151
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
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:
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-33 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
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 - 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
Part - Geology of Osway Township
Publication Number: ARV58-05 Page: 15-17 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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: 78-79 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: 71-72 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: 49-51 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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