Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Jack McGee Property - 1938, McManus Claims - 1941, Claim P.17029 - 1938, McGee Vein - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Shaw
Latitude: 48° 24' 9.33" Longitude: -81° 10' 29.04"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 487067.417 Northing: 5361063.112 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Veins and trenches on claim P.17029 and P.17030
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via the Stringer Road south of the town of South Porcupine.
1938-41: McGee and McNamus - trenching, sampling.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Calc-Alkaline | Near |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Sheared | Contains |
| Quartz Porphyry | 3 | Quartz | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of quartz veins and stringers in quartz porphyry and mafic metavolcanic rocks. The main vein was observed to lie at the contact between the porphyry and the mafic metavolcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned $11.60 Au from a rusty quartz sample taken from a muck pile. A grab sample taken from quartz and talc schist returned $7.60 Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 25 | 70 |
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: 42A-144 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-1480
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins data series, Shaw Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2091 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Moss Lake area (south part), District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0393 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
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