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| Record Name(s) | North Bay - 1922, North Bay Group - 1982, Mcauley Vein A - 1922, Siragusa #96 - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-May-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Champagne
Latitude: 47° 32' 38" Longitude: -81° 40' 5.86"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 449710.45 Northing: 5265823.91 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P12SE
Point Location Description: McAuley vein A
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 North Bay showing is about 400 m east of Makwa station cross the Mollie River by way of small bush road.
1922: Messrs H. McAuley and L. Thompson discovered gold. Follow up work consisted of stripping and trenching exposed narrow quartz veins with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. The spectacular gold reported 260 g/t ($160ton) came from supergene lateritic zones overlying shear zones. Gold values in the veins graded 1.9 g/t ($1.60/ton) 1934: Makwa Champagne Gold mines Ltd. conducted surface exploration consisting of trenching and test pitting over a northeast trending vein system said to host visible gold mineralization. 1936-37: Makwa-Champagne conducted a four hole diamond drill program to the north of the North Bay group totalling 366 m and sunk a shaft. 1971: Molly River Mines Ltd. conducted a ground electromagnetic and magnetic survey over a 23 claim block which included the showing. This survey was followed by a 7 hole diamond drill program in an area to the northeast of the showing. Drill program intersected primarily granodiorite and diabase dykes with occasional quartz veins and sulphide mineralization. 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. 2011 – 2012: 1571925 Ontario Ltd.- EM, Mag.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2012 / 2.600 | 41P12SE0523 | 41P12SE0523 |
| T-6381 / 2.50897 | 20000007088 | 20000007088 |
| T-3020 / 2.13771 | 41P12SE0520 | 41P12SE0520 |
| T-2012 / | 41P12SE0524 | 41P12SE0524 |
| 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
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Quartz vein strikes at about N 81 E and dips steeply to the south.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 2 | Shear Zone | Contains | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Showing is described as a 'sparsely mineralized quartz vein' within a granodiorite host rock. A 5 foot (1.52 m) test pit along the vein revealed a heavy gossan along joints and fractures associated with the vein. Samples from this zone are reported to have yielded high gold values while samples from the vein itself contain only trace quantities. The quartz vein has been traced over 300 feet (91.44 m) and varies in width from 2 to 4 feet (61-122 cm). The gossan zone is reported to have a width between 6 and 10 feet (1.83-3.05 m).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Reported heavy mineralization of the gossan zone includes pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Small grains of native gold were also said to have occurred within this zone. The quartz vein itself is said to be poorly mineralized.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 2 | Replacement |
| 1 | Residual |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 92 | 1 | 81 | N/A | N/A |
Date: May 20, 1994
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: An attempt was made to locate the showing but because the given location of the showing was vague and no apparent work has been done since the thirties, the showing was not located. The area roughly corresponding to the location of old claim S 5385 was searched by two persons for a period of 90 minutes with no success. Outcrops of massive granodiorite were located but no evidence of mineralization or quartz veining was noted.
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:
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 209 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Makwa-Churchill area
Publication Number: ARV43-03.002 Page: 63-64 Date: 1998
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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: 57 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Publication - Gold Occurrence At Makwa, Sudbury District, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1922, Part D
Publication Number: GSC SR 1922 Page: 11-12 Date: 1923
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100570
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: 92 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralization of the Southern Margin of the Swayze Belt
Publication Number: OFR5844 Page: 120-121 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: 378-379 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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