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Record: MDI41O16SE00019

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver

Location

Township or Area: Genoa

Latitude: 47° 50' 15.45"    Longitude: -82° 11' 52.35"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 410364.59   Northing: 5298947.72    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O16SE

Point Location Description: Edge of shaft in small clearing with remnants of old log cabin.

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Take the Kenogaming access road, about 55 km west of Timmins along highway 101 to Genoa Township. A drill/ATV road accesses the area from the edge of the clearcut and will take you within a couple of hundred meters of the shaft. At the time of writing a grid line went within a few meters of the shaft.

Exploration History

1908: Smith - discovery. 1910-12: Jefferson Mining Corporation - diamond drilling, trenching, test pitting. 1957: Stackpool Mining - EM survey, 13 ddh (1063 m). 1978: Texasgulf Canada - HLEM, VLF surveys, magnetic survey. 1978: Noranda Exploration - geological mapping, mag and HLEM surveys. 1980-83: Falconbridge Exploration - VLF-EM surveys, magnetic survey, lithogeochemistry, stripping, mapping. 1992: Falconbridge Exploration - mapping, ground geophysical surveys. 2006: Vencan Gold Corp. – Aerial electromagnetic and magnetic survey, geochemical survey, assays, DD, sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Marion

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2729 +/-5MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384C

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - It is reported that the 55 foot deep Burton shaft was sunk 'on a dark quartz vein in a highly sheared zone in the Keewatin volcanics'. Apparently, low values of lead, zinc and copper are reported to have occurred associated with the quartz veining.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1993 returned the following values: 0.03 g/t Au, 0.04 g/t Ag, 0.0136% Cu, 0.0015% Pb, 0.0047% Zn; 0.03 g/t Au, 0.5 g/t Ag, 0.0097% Cu, 0.0070% Pb, 0.0142% Zn.

Nov 21, 2012 (P Bousquet) - Vencan Gold Corp. drilled hole VG-06-01 in the vicinity of the Burton shaft. The best intersection from that hole was 1.55% Zn and 0.35% Pb over 6.05 metres (T-5561).

Assay Samples

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: Oct 04, 2001

Geologist: D Draper

Notes: The Falconbridge property in Marion and Genoa Townships which hosts both the Jefferson occurrence and the Burton showing was visited in the company of Falconbridge geologists. The shaft opening which is believed to have been sunk over the location of the Burton showing has the approximate dimensions of 3x3m and can be seen to be timbered down to about 3m, the level of the present water table. There are small piles of broken rock adjacent to the shaft but this grey foliated and rusty rock generally does not contain significant sulphides. One grab sample however was found to contain 2-3cm quartz veining and some sulphides. This rock was sent for assay. Debris around the shaft, which includes an old engine block and the axle from a small rail cart, would seem to indicate considerable work in this area. The remnants of an old log cabin is also located in the clearing close to the shaft. The closest outcrop to the shaft opening is found about 10m to the northeast. This rock appears to be predominantly massive mafic volcanic with only trace pyrite observed. (From Visit notes by K. Houle)

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-2084

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office

Map - Heenan, Marion and northern part of Genoa townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2067 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Goodwin A.M., Donovan J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 276  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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

MonoMap - Geology of Heenan and Marion townships and the northern part of Genoa Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R038 Date: 1997

Author: Goodwin A.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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: 253-255  Date: 1995

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Folio - Genoa Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Timmins RGO

Publication - Mineral deposits of the eastern part of Rush River map-area, Woman River district, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1928, pt. C

Publication Number: SR 1928-C Page: 26C  Date: 1930

Author: Bannerman, H.M.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102074

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