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| Record Name(s) | Brett Lake - 1984, J.H. Collins Property - 1931, Manitoba Basin Mining Co. Ltd. - 1933 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jul-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Swayze
Latitude: 47° 48' 26.05" Longitude: -82° 39' 5.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 376342.78 Northing: 5296196.32 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O15SE
Point Location Description: No description, sketches or maps of any ground work are on file.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: General access to Brett Lake is possible via a rough trail from the Kenty Mine road to the abandoned Swayze Townsite, which is on the shore of Brett Lake.
1931: J.H. Collins staked the ground. 1933: Manitoba Basin Mines reportedly carried out a stripping and trenching program (No work is on file). 1987: Emerald Isle Resources covered the area of the prospect with an airborne VLF electromagnetic and magnetic survey but no ground follow-up work is on file. 1988: The Charet Syndicate covered the general area of the prospect with an airborne VLF electromagnetic and magnetic survey, but no ground follow-up work is on file.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3199/2.12292 | 41O15SE0036 | 41O15SE0036 |
| T-3117/2.10363 | 41O15SE0057 | 41O15SE0057 |
| T-3199/ 2.11349 | 41O15SE0047 | 41O15SE0047 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Halcrow-Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesite | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains |
May 26, 2020 (A Wilson) - The property is described as being underlain by an east-trending folded belt of mafic and felsic volcanics with minor amounts of sediments and iron formation. A prominent northeast-trending fault with left lateral movement cuts across highly sheared volcanics on the property.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
May 26, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Several quartz veins occur in the volcanics, one of which contained visible gold. Near the occurrence, a prominent lateral movement is characterized by highly sheared metavolcanics in zones up to 200 ft wide.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Unknown | 200 | 90 | N/A | N/A |
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: 110 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Swayze and Dore townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2070 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Donovan J.F.
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: 212 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files 1980, air photos
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Book - Swayze Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1988
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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: 214-215 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rollo Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384b Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210450
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