Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Western Pacific Wakami - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Dec-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Gold
Township or Area: Garnet
Latitude: 47° 43' 33.31" Longitude: -82° 30' 25.66"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 386982 Northing: 5286938 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O10NE
Point Location Description: Outcrop exposing mineralized quartz vein.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Access is via a logging road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144. The Dore Road extends north into Garnet Tp. at a point about 30 km east from Sultan or 50 km west of Highway 144. Following this road for about 15 km you will reach a bridge that crosses the Wakami River. The occurrence is about 250m north of the bridge, just to the east of the road.
1966-67: Canadian Nickel Co Ltd. - 3 ddh. 1984-86: Western Pacific Energy - geological mapping, airborne magnetometer and VLF-EM survey, ground magnetometer, VLF and self-potential surveys, 13 ddh. 1999: Charette, M. – Analysis, sampling, seismic survey. 2011: Cascadero Copper Corp. – geological mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2969 / 63.4494 | 41O09NW0087 | 41O09NW0087 |
| T-6316 / 2.49671 | 20000006876 | 20000006876 |
| T-2969 / 2.8181 | 41O10NE9137 | 41O10NE9137 |
| 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: 2729 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO Vol. 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Andesite-Dacite | Lapilli Tuff | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Feb 05, 2016 (A Wilson) - Mineralized quartz veins cross cut an intermediate to felsic lapilli tuff.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The quartz vein exhibits localized pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena mineralization. Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1994 returned values of: 0.01 g/t Au, 2.5 g/t Ag, 0.596% Cu, 1.66% Zn; 0.03 g/t Ag, 150.00 g/t Ag, 0.133 % Cu, 31.00% Pb, 0.0732% Zn.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Unknown | .133 | % | |||
| Copper | Unknown | .596 | % | |||
| Gold | Unknown | .03 | g/t | |||
| Gold | Unknown | .01 | ppm | |||
| Lead | Unknown | .0502 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .0003 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .001 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | .0038 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | .0015 | % | |||
| Silver | Unknown | 2.5 | ppm | |||
| Silver | Unknown | 150 | g/t | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0732 | % | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | 1.66 | % |
File - Resident Geologist file T-4193 (OP97-218)
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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
Publication - Preliminary report on Woman river and ridout map areas, Sudbury district, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 157
Publication Number: GSC Mem 157 Date: 1929
Author: Emmons, R.C. and Thomson, E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100840
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:
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: 112-113 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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