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| Record Name(s) | #40 Showing - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Nov-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Newton
Latitude: 47° 54' 17.59" Longitude: -82° 26' 4.5"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 392791.208 Northing: 5306724.658 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16NW
Point Location Description: Quartz vein in outcrop
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to the general area of the occurrence is easy via the Dore main haul road and the Orofino Mine/Rundle Mine access road. Launch a canoie where the road intersects the Swayze River and head up stream about 3 km, negotiating a set of rapids and one set of falls. Follow Newton Creek south about 1 km and the showing is approximately a 1 km traverse to the southwest.
1936-46: Hollinger Mines - prospecting, stripping, trenching, diamond drilling. 1978: Hollinger Mines - 5 ddh, one drill hole intersected a zone with pyritic quartz returning values up to 1.11 oz/t Au over 1 foot. 1982: Sulpetro Minerals - data compilation, sampling.
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 (A Wilson) - Anomalous gold values are reportedly associated with 3 m quartz vein hosted in a quartz diorite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Diorite | 2 | Quartz Diorite | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Hollinger returned 1.11 oz/t Au over 1 foot. Grab samples collected by Sulpetro Minerals returned 1.86 g/t Au within the quartz vein.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 3 |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0375, T-2175
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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
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: 307-308 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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