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| Record Name(s) | Williamson-Champagne - 1933, Champagne Syndicate Ltd. - 1933, Siragusa #100 - 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° 32' 28.33" Longitude: -81° 41' 47.16"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 447590.49 Northing: 5265543.86 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P12SE
Point Location Description: Roadside outcrop
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 described to contain the Williamson-Champagne showing lies in an area to the south of the power line and north of the road about 2 km south of Makwa Station.
1933: Champagne Syndicate Ltd. acquired 12 claims southwest of Makwa siding which were described as containing 'several auriferous quartz veins'. 1983: Hargor Resources Inc. drilled six holes in the area of the showing on two claims south of the Mollie River. Hargor intersected predominantly gabbroic and granitic intrusive with occasional diabase dykes and quartz veins. Assay results are unknown. 1984: Hargor Resources Inc. flew an airborne electromagnetic and VLF survey over several townships in the area including Champagne Township. 1985: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. conducted an airborne magnetic and VLF survey over a claim block that includes this showing. 1990: Blue Falcon Mines conducted a high sensitivity airborne magnetic and VLF survey over an area that included the showing.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2012 / 2.600 | 41P12SE0523 | 41P12SE0523 |
| T-3020 / W8906-00006 | 41P12SE5008 | 41P12SE5008 |
| T-3020 / 2.13771 | 41P12SE0520 | 41P12SE0520 |
| T-2357 / 2.3559 | 41O09NW9161 | 41O09NW9161 |
| T-2012 / | 41P12SE0524 | 41P12SE0524 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2740 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384A
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Host |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Feldspar | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Not much is known about this showing except that officials with the company stated in 1932 that 'several auriferous quartz veins have been uncovered'. Open File Map 209, accompanying OFR 5844, indicates that the rocks in the area of the showing are predominately granodiorite grading to diorite and cross cut by northwest trending equigranular diabase dykes. Similar types of showings in the area are shear and fracture hosted quartz veins with associated pyrite and/or chalcopyrite mineralization. A 1933 prospectus for the Champagne Mining Syndicate indicates '... 15 massive veins carry values averaging $8.40 per ton on the old price of gold over widths ranging from 1 to 30 feet'. No other work or recorded assays have been found to substantiate these claims.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | N/A | N/A |
Date: May 15, 1994
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: When the area was visited an attempt was made to locate the mineralized veins documented by the companies report. However a cursory search of the area indicated by previous documentation failed to reveal any mineralization or veining. Both rocks along the old power line and the ATV trail were examined in the area believed to host the showing. A more extensive search of the area may however have more successful results.
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1937
Publication Number: CMH 1937 Page: 56 Date: 1937
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Location:
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-74 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: 64 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 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: 122-123 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: 374-375 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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