Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | J.C. Dunn - 1934, Dunn - 1934, Siragusa #99 - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-May-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Champagne
Latitude: 47° 33' 27.37" Longitude: -81° 39' 44.48"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 450170.42 Northing: 5267343.95 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P12SE
Point Location Description: Mineralized quartz vein.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Road into Champagne Twp accessed via Highway 144 approximately 20 km south of the Gogama turn off. When visited the road into Champagne Twp was washed out about 8 km from the highway and required the use of ATVs to reach Makwa Station. The bridges over the Mollie River no longer appear safe for larger vehicles. The total distance from Highway 144 to Makwa Station is about 17 km. The area of the showing is about a 1.7 km traverse northeast from Makwa Station.
1934 Makwa Champagne Gold mines Ltd. conducted surface exploration consisting of trenching and test pitting in an area to the southwest of the Dunn showing. 1984 Hargor Resources Inc. flew an airborne electromagnetic and VLF survey over several townships in the area including Champagne Township.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2102 / 2.600 | 41P12SE0523 | 41P12SE0523 |
| T-2357 / 2.3559 | 41O09NW9161 | 41O09NW9161 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2740 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384A
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Lens is reported to strike at about N 66 E with a vertical dip.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Schist | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Near | |
| Granodiorite | 3 | Quartz-Feldspar | Host | |
| Vein | 4 | Quartz | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - A large irregular quartz lens along contact between a schist to the north and a granodiorite to the south. The vein is said to be exposed over a length of 45 feet (13.72 m) and a width of 10 feet (3.05 m).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Mineralization is reported as being sparse but unit is said to contain fine visible gold when panned.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Replacement |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 14 | 3 | 61 | 90 | N/A | N/A |
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Pensyl Lake area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2534 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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: 41P-46 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Champagne, Groves, St. Louis and Benneweis Townships
Publication Number: OFM0209 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Makwa-Churchill area
Publication Number: ARV43-03.002 Page: 65 Date: 1998
Author: Laird H.C.
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: 91-92 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralization of the Southern Margin of the Swayze Belt
Publication Number: OFR5844 Page: 122 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 377-378 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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