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| Record Name(s) | Travel Lake West - 1966, Siragusa Occurrence No. 41 - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jun-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Garnet
Latitude: 47° 42' 6.89" Longitude: -82° 34' 21.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 382006.54 Northing: 5284368.18 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O10NE
Point Location Description: Outcrop of iron formation about 300 m southwest of Travel Lake.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Access is via the secondary access road between Sultan and Highway 144. Take the Dore Road north through Fawn Twp into Garnet Twp. A small bush road beginning just south of Garnet Lake leads west to Travel Lake. A canoe is required to cross the lake and the showing is a 300 m traverse to the southwest.
1957: The C.M.S. Syndicate drilled 6 holes on a property to the southwest of the Travel Lake West iron formation showing. C.M.S. reports intersecting primarily sediments including: graphitic argillite, graphitic slate, greywacke, arkose, and a graphitic schist. Pyrite and trace amounts of chalcopyrite were reported to be associated with these sediments. Location sketches indicate the presence of trenches in the area of the drilling. It is not known if these trenches were part the C.M.S. exploration program or if they are a result of some previous work. 1965-68: The Canadian Nickel Co. Ltd., Inco, drilled 11 holes in the southwest corner of Garnet township in an area below Travel Lake for a total length of 1330 m. Hole #31914 intersected 102 m of magnetite-chert iron formation in an area to the west of the lower portion of Travel Lake, proximal to the surface iron formation exposure. 1984: Western Pacific Energy Corporation conducted an airborne magnetic and VLF electromagnetic survey, performed by Terraquest Ltd., over an area to the immediate south of Travel Lake and covering the iron formation in this area. 1992-93: Noranda Exploration Co. conducted a regional reconnaissance program over an area that included the majority of the southwest corner of Garnet Twp. This program included reconnaissance scale mapping and sampling, stream geochemistry, soil geochemistry, and prospecting. Noranda also completed a ground magnetic and horizontal loop EM survey over a gridded portion of their claims in Garnet Twp. This survey covered a band of claims that extended from Fawn Creek, below Travel Lake, to the Garnet/Cunningham boundary and into Cunningham Twp.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2969 / 2.8181 | 41O10NE9137 | 41O10NE9137 |
| T-2969 / 63.4494 | 41O09NW0087 | 41O09NW0087 |
| T-3572 / 2.15640 | 41O10NE0003 | 41O10NE0003 |
| T-2080 | 41O09NW0102 | 41O09NW0102 |
| T-2079 | 41O09NW0092 | 41O09NW0092 |
| T-2969 / 2.9422 | 41O09NW0084 | 41O09NW0084 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Garnet-Tooms
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Strike is in an approximate northwest direction with a steep dip about 83 deg to the north.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide Facies | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Oxide facies iron formation with a 12 sq. m exposure south of Travel Lake. Outcrop contains layers of magnetite from 2-31 cm. wide interbedded with chert (Siragusa, 1983). A drill hole proximal to this exposure, drilled by Inco in 1966, describes the iron formation as containing cherty jasper bands with stringers of magnetite and hematite and limonite on fracture surfaces.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Limonite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Sample of 4 cm. magnetite assayed 38.9% iron and 0.34 g/t Au. Sample was taken during and O.G.S mapping program and was assayed at the Geoscience Laboratories of the Ontario Geological Survey (Siragusa, 1983).
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1994 returned values of 0.07 g/t Au, 0.1 g/t Ag, 0.0023% Zn, 0.0014% Cu; 0.01g/t Au, 0.1 g/t Ag, 0.0023% Zn, 0.0014% Cu.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
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| Copper | Unknown | 0 | % | |||
| Copper | Unknown | 0 | % | |||
| Gold | Unknown | .01 | ppm | |||
| Gold | Unknown | .07 | ppm | |||
| Lead | Unknown | 0 | % | |||
| Lead | Unknown | 0 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | 0 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | 0 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | 0 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | 0 | % | |||
| Silver | Unknown | .1 | ppm | |||
| Silver | Unknown | .1 | ppm | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0023 | % | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0023 | % |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Unknown | 315 | 83 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jun 30, 1994
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: Located outcrop of chert-magnetite iron formation to the southwest of Travel Lake. Unit contains predominantly chert and cherty sediments with stringers of magnetite and hematite. It was previously reported that magnetite beds ranged in width up to 30 cm. but only narrow 2-3 cm. beds were noted at this location. A few bands of jasper were also noted. Some sulphides, pyrrhotite and pyrite, were observed ranging in concentrations from trace to 3%.
Book - GEOLOGY OF THE WOMAN AND RIDOUT LAKES AREA, P25
Publication Number: Memoir 157 Date: 1929
Author: Emmons, R.C. and Thomson, E.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Geological series, Garnet Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2340 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-92 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Cunningham and Garnet townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2503 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Sultan, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384E Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210453
Part - Geology of the Cunningham-Garnet area
Publication Number: ARV51-07 Date: 1997
Author: Meen V.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 334 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - GARNET LAKE AREA, SUDBURY DISTRICT, ONTARIO, P.41
Publication Number: OFR5438 Date: 1983
Author: Siragusa, G.M.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
MonoMap - Geology of the Garnet Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R248 Page: 68 Date: 1987
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: 104-106 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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