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Record: MDI42A06NE00031

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Deloro

Latitude: 48° 24' 56.5"    Longitude: -81° 13' 12.19"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 483717.394   Northing: 5362528.084    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE

Point Location Description: Sample No. 8670 on Geology map in T-2733.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to this occurrence is gained by traveling about 5.5 km south along the Stringers Road from South Porcupine. At this point a gated, old logging road can be followed a distance of 3.5 km southwest to the northwest corner of patented claim HR1116 (P.8632). A traverse through the woods in a northwesterly direction for a distance of about 500 m will lead to the occurrence area.

Exploration History

1920 Big Dyke Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd. aqcuires McRae, Fishley and Williamsom claims. 1921 Big Dyke Cnosolidated Gold mines Ltd. 4 shafts varying from 15 to 80 ft., 17 pits (5 ft. deep) and 15 trenches. 3 of the shafts are located within 200 m of the occurrence location. Exploration continued until 1923. In 1961, Big Dyke's company charter was cancelled. Between 1961 and 1980 the claims changed ownership several times. In 1980, the mineral rights were transferred from Woordrow Wilson to Mr. Bruno Vatri. In 1980, Thomas Skimming and Associates Ltd. prospected the Big Dyke property verifying the presence of gold mineralization in iron formation and in quartz-carbonate-fuchsite rock in June 1980. In August and September, 1981, McGill Exploration Limited on behalf of Thomas Skimming and Associates Ltd. carried out a program of line cutting, ground magnetometer and electromagnetic surveys, prospecting, and geological mapping. This work was financed by Vatco Exploration Inc. In June, 1983, Vatco completed a B-horizon soil geochem survey and further prospecting on a selected portion of the claims. 1991 Property staked by R. Collins and K. Lapierre with follow-up prospecting, stripping/washing/mapping/sampling and assaying. Although this work located the Big Dyke Vein, no physical work was recorded.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro

Geological Age: Archean  

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The area of the Big Dyke Vein is inderlain by mafic to intermediate metavolcanic flows of the Deloro tectonic assemblage. The flows contain interflow mafic fragmentals (breccias) and oxide facies iron formation The Big Dike Quartz Vein trends northeasterly and has been traced for about 400 m.

Lithology

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - Vatco Exploration Inc. reported 2 gold values from grab samples taken along the Big Dyke Quartz Vein. The values are 0.10 opt Au and 0.06 opt Au. Several other grabs samples taken from the quartz vein returned values from nil to 0.005 opt Au.

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-111  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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

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