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| Record Name(s) | A.H. Smith Occurrence - 1991, Smith - 1935 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Jul-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Horwood
Latitude: 47° 59' 44.22" Longitude: -82° 15' 8.91"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 406563.795 Northing: 5316572.154 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16NW
Point Location Description: Steep outcrop on southeast shore of Hardiman Bay.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The showing is located on the southeast shore of Hardiman Bay. Access is best by boat from either the north end of Hardiman Bay or the north end of Horwood Lake.
1935 The ground was originally staked by A.H. Smith and five veins hosted in metavolcanics were exposed in a stripping and trenching program. 1961 Ajax Minerals mapped an area to the immediate southwest and though a number of quartz veins in metavolcanics were sampled in the vicinity of the original work, none contained any gold. 1981 Kennco Exploration flew a combined magnetic and VLF-EM survey over the area. 1987 F. Ross and D. Morin exposed a large quartz vein by trenching. Allegedly this was the original vein and was one of four hosted in metavolcanics. Reportedly good gold values were obtained but no records are on file. 1990 Asarco Exploration mapped a large area which included the showing but drill tested base metal targets to the north east.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3228 / 2.11828 | 42A05NE0315 | 42A05NE0315 |
| T-2469 | 42B01SE0055 | 42B01SE0055 |
| T-2111 | 41O16NW0036 | 41O16NW0036 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: 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 large quartz veins appear to parallel the contact of the granodiorite plug.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Vein | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granodiorite | 2 | Host | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Basalt | N/A |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization is hosted in a granodiorite plug and adjacent strongly foliated basalts. The granodiorite is medium to coarse grained, massive with hornblende as the main mafic mineral forming up to 20% of the rock. Quartz also forms about 20% of the rock. The quartz veins extend to the southwest into the metavolanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Disseminated pyrite occurs in the granodiorite matrix as fine grains or more rarely as coarser euhedral grains. There is also very fine, sparsely disseminated molybdenite in the matrix of the granodiorite. The granodiorite is cut by a number of large quartz veins trending south southwest. Perpendicular to these veins are a number of extension veins which together form a stock work. The quartz is medium to very coarse grained, white, locally sugary but typically massive. Within the quartz veins no sulphides were observed but there is a week and patchy rust stain to the quartz veins. N.B. There are a number of similarities between this prosect and the Monte Carlo prospect further to the northeast in Hardiman Bay.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 5 | Porphyry |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 5 | Disseminated |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 20 | 5 | 194 | 60 | N/A | N/A |
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:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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: 34 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
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: 105 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:
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
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:
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: 275-277 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Horwood Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1990
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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