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Record: MDI41P12SW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ironstone Syndicate - 1934, Claim S 21616 - 1934, Siragusa 87 - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Apr-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Chester

Latitude: 47° 32' 58.89"    Longitude: -81° 53' 1.99"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 433494.58   Northing: 5266630.7    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41P12SW

Point Location Description: Vein on S21616

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: An old mine access road which is overgrown leads directly up to the headframe. This road, which is gated, branches off of the Chester Shannon mine access road.



Exploration History

1935: Ironstone - prospecting, stripping. 1981: Murgold Resources Inc. – GL, EM. 1983: Murgold Resources Inc. – Rept, GL, Assays. 1987: Murgold Resources Inc. – DD – 4 – 291m, Assays.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2433 / 41P12SW8457 41P12SW8457
T-2433 / 2.4888 41P12SW0071 41P12SW0071
T-2433 / 2.4889 41P12SW0004 41P12SW0004

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2740 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 2284G



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granodiorite 1 Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A quartz vein was found within the granodiorite and porphyryitic granites of the Chester Granitoid Complex.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 28, 2013 (A Wilson) - A grab sample of the vein reportedly yielded 1.25 oz/t Au and channel sampling over a width of 4.5 ft yielded an assay of 0.19 oz/t Au (AR43, pt3).


Oct 28, 2013 (P Bousquet) - - Three holes drilled intersected a shear zone in a granodiorite which yielded assays to up to 0.03 oz/t over thicknesses of up to 2.5ft (T-2433).



Mineral Record Details

References

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-50  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


File - Resident Geologist files T-5250

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Chester and Yeo townships, and parts of Neville and Potier townships, Jerome area, Sudbury District

Publication Number: P2449 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Three Duck Lakes area, District of Sudbury, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM41D Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1997

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Makwa-Churchill area

Publication Number: ARV43-03.002 Page: 79  Date: 1998

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Chester, Neville, Potier and Yeo Townships

Publication Number: OFM0214 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1993

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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: 94  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Gogama, Ontario

Publication Number: OF3384G Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210455


Mono - Peat and peatland evaluation of the Parry Sound area, volumes 1 to 5

Publication Number: OFR5488 Page: 115  Date: 1984

Author: Monenco Ontario Ltd.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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