Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Hopkins Occurrence - 1991, Hopkins #1 Vein - 1984, Swayze Resources - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jul-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Swayze
Latitude: 47° 50' 13.15" Longitude: -82° 37' 41.1"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 378171.822 Northing: 5299465.365 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O15SE
Point Location Description: Long trench recently excavated trending about 340 deg.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: A rough trail extends from the old Kenty Mine Road to the former Swayze Townsite on the shore of Brett Lake. From a point near the lake, a skidder / backhoe trail extend north to the general area of the prospect.
1932 Messrs McNeely and McCullough staked ground adjacent to the Kenty discovery and carried out a trenching and stripping program in the search for extensions to the Kenty gold mineralization. A number of narrow low grade showings were reported. 1976 Umex flew a regional magnetic survey and based on this work staked some claims which covered the prospect. No follow-up ground work is on file. 1982 The Canadian Nickel Company flew a regional electromagnetic, magnetic and radiometric survey which covered the prospect. As Caninco did not hold the ground, ground follow-up was directed else where. 1983 Swayze Resources carried out a geological mapping program which located many of the old trenches. In the following year a number of areas were stripped and some old trenches were resampled. It was during this work that the present mineralization was found and trenched. Assays results varied from 0.5 g/t to 8.9 g/t Au (0.26 opt). In 1985 the newly discovered vein system was systematically mapped and sampled over an 80m strike length. The weighted average of channel samples across the vein system is 1.8 g/t gold across 0.53m. 1993 Messrs Mortimer, Schell and Lovold carried out a trenching and prospecting program in the area. No technical details of this work are on file.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2784, 2.8433 | 41O15SE0066 | 41O15SE0066 |
| T-1732 / 2.2145 | 41O15NE0012 | 41O15NE0012 |
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
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralized fault system is discordant to the regional stratigraphy.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Vein | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Pillowed | N/A | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - A narrow zone of carbonate alteration is associated with the fault cutting pillowed mafic volcanics. A narrow set of quartz veins and quartz stockwork occurs in the alteration zone.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Pyrite in quartz veins.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Chip samples collected by the OGS in 1985 returned values of 1.6 g/t Au across 6 feet, 3.2 g/t Au across 2 feet, 0.72 g/t Au across 2 feet and 4.84 g/t Au across 2 feet.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Unknown | .72 | ||||
| Gold | Unknown | 4.84 | ||||
| Gold | Unknown | 3.21 | ||||
| Gold | Unknown | 1.6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 9 | 1 | 340 | 60 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jul 09, 1985
Geologist: J Ireland
Notes: The trench was mapped and sampled.
Date: Aug 05, 1994
Geologist: S Fumerton
Notes: Together with Bill Yee several hours were spent trying to locate the 100m trench excavated in 1985. The only location to this trench was inferred from a grid map made prior to the trenching and transferred onto a 1:50,000 topographic map which gave a general area of search. This area was accessed using a trail pushed in with a skidder or backhoe from the trail leading to the old Swayze Town site from the Kenty Road. Many old debris filled trenches were observed together with a number of new overburden trenches. However, no new trench with the expected orientation or geology was found. Approximately 50m from the best estimate for the position of the trench exposing the Hopkins #1 vein, an overburden trench bearing northeast was found. All backhoe trails in the area were investigated.
File - Resident Geologist file T-2446
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
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: 217-219 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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