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Record: MDI41O15SE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Quinterra - 1991, Golden Rim Cl-85-14 - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jul-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Swayze

Latitude: 47° 46' 11.92"    Longitude: -82° 39' 25.52"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 375841.712   Northing: 5292064.279    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O15SE

Point Location Description: Collar to drill hole CL-85-14 drilled by Golden Rim Resources.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access is possible via the Dore Road which connects with the old wagon road from Sultan to the Kenty mine. The old drill set-up is some three kilometres south along the wagon road though the old bridge across Cree Creek is now washed out. The Creek can be waded and the final 2km can be traversed.



Exploration History

1939: Olive Gold Mines Limited - prospecting. 1976: Union Miniere Exploration - regional airborne magnetic survey. 1980-81: Falconbridge Nickel - ground magnetic survey, geologocal reconnaissance, ground VLF-EM survey. 1984: Quinterra Resources - airborne VLF-EM and magnetic survey, mapping and prospecting. 1985-87: Golden Rim Resources - ground VLF-EM, magnetic, sel potential surveys, geological mapping, 20 ddh (3038 m). 1990: Cree Lake Resources - HLEM and magnetic ground surveys, prospecting.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2649, 2.7807 41O15SE0077 41O15SE0077
T-3527, 63.6111 41O15SE0033 41O15SE0033
T-1732 / 2.2145 41O15NE0012 41O15NE0012
T-2329, 2.3618 41O15SE0089 41O15SE0089
2.4386, T-2329 41O15SE0088 41O15SE0088
2.9201, T-2649 41O15SE0062 41O15SE0062
21, T-2649 41O15SE0065 41O15SE0065
2.9050, T-2649 41O15SE0061 41O15SE0061
22, T-2649 41O15SE0052 41O15SE0052
2.14787, T-3527 41O15SE9091 41O15SE9091
2.14947, T-3527 41O15SE9092 41O15SE9092

Geology

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



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sulphide Ironstone 1 Sulphide Facies Banded Iron Formation Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 N/A
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 3 Shear Zone Adjacent
Vein 4 Quartz Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization is hosted in a banded chert horizon with thin intercalations of carbonate, fine epiclastics - tuffs which are locally graphitic. There are a number of chert bands within the more pervasive metavolcanic rocks in the area.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5PyriteEconomicOre
10GoldEconomicOre
15MagnetiteEconomicOre
20PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization is associated with disseminated pyrite which forms up to 5% of the chert.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Tabular 1 N/A N/A

References

File - Resident Geologist files 1980, air photos

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

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: 220-221  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Swayze Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1988

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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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