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Record: MDI41O16NW00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gould-Dunn - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Horwood

Latitude: 47° 59' 21.44"    Longitude: -82° 16' 38.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 404704.072   Northing: 5315898.949    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O16NW

Point Location Description: Mineralized vein on north side of the bay on Horwood Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The site is most easily accessed by boat from the boat launch at the north end of the lake.



Exploration History

1933-34: property staked by F. Gould, no development work reported. 1937: sampling by P. H. Silams.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2111 41O16NW0036 41O16NW0036

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2700 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 2

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Schist 1 Basalt Schist Near
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Pyrite is found within both the vein and the schist. Gold has reportedly been panned from the vein material.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 122 1.5

References

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: 41O-138  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Horwood Lake, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2329 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1975

Author: Breaks F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario

Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210451


Part - Geology of the Horwood Lake area

Publication Number: ARV46-02 Page: 23  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology, Swayze Greenstone Belt, Ontario [legend and figures]

Publication Number: OF 3384A Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210446


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: 104  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 1946, air photo

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location:


Book - Horwood Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1990

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: 284-286  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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