Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Buffalo Canadian - 1934, Canico Sample 57985 - 1984, Golden Hope - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jul-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Swayze
Latitude: 47° 47' 4.08" Longitude: -82° 39' 59.71"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 375165 Northing: 5293689.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O15SE
Point Location Description: Location of CANICO sample 57985 at west end of trenches south of Hook Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: In the past access to the area was by float plane. However, the present set of exploration trails and Middleton Road are still no closer than 2km from the prospect.
1933: Buffalo Canadian GML carried out prospecting, trenching, drilling (abandoned core on site, no other record of this drilling is on file). 1976: Union Miniere Explns and Mining Corp. Ltd. completed an airborne geophysical survey (T-1732). 1981-84: The Canadian Nickel Company / Golden Hope Resources J.V. completed an airborne geophysical survey, ground geophysical survey, mapping, sampling, and two diamond drill holes (T-2446). 1988: The Charet Syndicate carried out a ground geophysical survey, mapping, sampling (T-3199). 2008-2009: Mantis Explorations Inc. completed a ground geophysical survey (T-5656); stripping, trenching, mapping, sampling (T-5821); 7 diamond drill holes totaling 953m, assaying and analyses (T-6080). 2016-2017: Blackrock Exploration Inc. completed an airborne geophysical survey (electromagnetic, magnetometer, gradiometer). 2019: J. Leliever completed an airborne geophysical survey (magnetometer, VLFEM, radiometric).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1732 / 2.2145 | 41O15NE0012 | 41O15NE0012 |
| T-2446 / 2.6849 | 41O15SE0080 | 41O15SE0080 |
| T-2446 / 2.7716 | 41O15SE0111 | 41O15SE0111 |
| T-2446 / 63.4493 | 41O15SE0064 | 41O15SE0064 |
| T-2446 / 2.7995 | 41O15SW0050 | 41O15SW0050 |
| T-3199 / 2.12292 | 41O15SE0036 | 41O15SE0036 |
| T-5656 / 2.37625 | 20000002782 | 20000002782 |
| T-5821 / 2.39921 | 20000003678 | 20000003678 |
| 33097 | 20000017166 | 20000017166 |
| T-3199 / 2.11349 | 41O15SE0047 | 41O15SE0047 |
| T-2446 / 2.4576 | 41O15SE0115 | 41O15SE0115 |
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 | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Vein | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peridotite | 2 | Peridotite | Near | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Basalt | Near | |
| Vein | 4 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 5 | Komatiitic | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization occurs in a series of quartz veins which roughly parallel the regional volcanic stratigraphy. However, the quartz veins are hosted in an elongated subvolcanic ultramafic intrusive which parallels the stratigraphy. The volcanic sequence in the vicinity of the prospect consists of komatiites horizons with some spinifex texture intercalated with magnesium tholeiitic basalts. Diamond drilling indicated that there are a number of interflow chert horizons associated with the mineralized vein.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Strong | Replacement | ||
| Pyrite | Alteration | Pyritic | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization consists of fine grained pyrite grains which locally form up to 30% of the quartz veins. These veins are typically 10 to 20cm wide.
Mar 30, 2011 (D Draper) - The Charet Syndicate did no work in the immediate area of the occurrence. However, a sample was taken of quartz vein in mafic volcanics from an old trench 200m south of the collar location of Canico hole 72504. This sample assayed 310 ppb Au and 10,780 ppm Cu. (T-3199) Work by Mantis Exploration in 2008 exposed a series of heavily overgrown trenches, predominantly within basalts. Samples taken along an east-west trending, intensely sheared fault zone returned gold values as follows (from west to east): 4.48 ppm, 6.09 ppm, and 0.978 ppm. A sample of sheared rhyolite at the eastern end of the stripped area returned 2.24 ppm Au. (T-5821) Note: While presumably the same site, there is a discrepency between the location of Canico's and Mantis's work areas. Canico's was near a stream running between Hook and Cuckoo lakes; the GPS coordinates for Mantis's sampling puts their work area 160m to the northeast of this location.
Mar 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - Visible gold was reported in the No. 10 vein in 1933. Samples from the veins returned values up to 3 g/t Au (from the #2 Vein). Grab samples from the trenches taken by Canico in 1981 returned values of between 2.5 and 4.8 g/t Au (Sample RX 57985). One diamond drill hole (72504) returned a value of 0.8 g/t Au from a 1.6 m quartz-carbonate vein (including 0.41 m of 1.97 gpt).
Mar 30, 2011 (D Draper) - Alteration in the [vicinity of the occurrence] consists of minor quartz, epidote and carbonate (calcite) stringers infilling fractures and pervasive but patchy bleaching (carbonate) in mafic, ultramafic and felsic rocks. Fe-carbonate occurs only in zones of increased schistosity as a pervasive but patchy alteration. Ultramafic rocks are generally very weakly carbonated, and/or chloritized, serpentinized and chrysotile may be locally developed. (T-3199 / 2.12292, p.24)
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Tabular | 2 | 270 | N/A | N/A |
Part - Geology of the Swayze gold area
Publication Number: ARV43-03.001 Page: 26 Date: 1998
Author: Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 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: 85-86 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Swayze Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1988
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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: 213-214 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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