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Record: MDI42B01NE00051

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Four Corners Property - 1989, Reeves Township Joint Venture - 1989
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1997-Mar-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-21
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Soapstone



Location

Township or Area: Penhorwood

Latitude: 48° 10' 5.29"    Longitude: -82° 1' 51.49"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 423345   Northing: 5335502    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42B01NE

Point Location Description: Trenches on claim P.947253

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The property is located in northeastern Penhorwood Township, Swayze area on claim P-947253. It is approximately 65 km southwest of Timmins. Access to the property is by Highway 101, west from Timmins for 60 km to the Kenogaming Forest Access Road. Travel south for 7 km to the Penhorwood Forest Access Road, west for 6.5 km to logging road No. 4, then north for 600 m to reach the trench.



Exploration History

1987 - Goldrock/Glen Auden Resources: A trench was dug across a regional shear zone known as the Fuchsite Zone as part of an exploration program for gold. Goldrock / Glen Auden Resources J.V – GC, GL, Str, Tr, Samp, 1988 – Goldrock Resources Inc./Glen Auden Resources Ltd. JV: Assays, GC, IP, Mag. 1989: Goldrock Resources Inc./Glen Auden Resources Ltd. JV – DD – 11 - 1516m, Assays. 1994: Noranda Exploration Company, Limited – GL, Comp. 1999: Battle Mountain Gold - AMag, Comp. 2003: Maple Minerals Corporation/Canadian Golden Dragon Resources Ltd.- DD – 3 – 729m, GL, Assays, GL, Comp. 2005: Golden Chalice Resources Inc. – AEM, AMag. 2007: Golden Chalice Resources Inc. – AEM, AMag. 2009-2010: Golden Chalice Resources Inc. – EM, Lc.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2722 / 2.11120 42B01NE0032 42B01NE0032
T-2722 / 2.10983 42A04NW0016 42A04NW0016
T-2722 / 2.11646 42A04NW0013 42A04NW0013
T-2722 / 2.11119 42A04NW0014 42A04NW0014
T-2722 / 2.12093 42B01NE0029 42B01NE0029
T-2722 / 2.12610 42A04NW0006 42A04NW0006
T-2722 / 2.12954 42A04NW0113 42A04NW0113
T-4867 / 2.25945 42A04NW2006 42A04NW2006
T-5787 / 2.39760 20000003351 20000003351
T-5457 / 2.33264 20000002366 20000002366
T-6053 / 2.44118 20000004361 20000004361
T-2722 / 2.10452 42A04NW0018 42A04NW0018

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Muskego-Reeves

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Trenching on the property has exposed, across a width of 81.4 m, variably foliated to intensely sheared talc-carbonate and talc-chlorite-carbonate schists, locally with more massive zones. These rocks are hosted within mafic to intermediate metavolcanics.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host
Ultramafic Schist 2 Talc-Chlorite Schist Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Trenching on the property has exposed, across a width of 81.4 m, variably foliated to intensely sheared talc-carbonate and talc-chlorite-carbonate schists, locally with more massive zones. These rocks are hosted within mafic to intermediate metavolcanics.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1TalcEconomicOre
2GoldEconomicOre
TalcAlterationSteatization1StrongReplacement
ChloriteAlterationSteatization2UnknownReplacement
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization3MediumReplacement
FuchsiteAlterationCarbonatization4UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A till sample from a pit returned up to 7380 ppb Au.


Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - The soapstone is a pale grey colour on fresh surface, highly talcose, and carbonatized. The rock is schistose and appears mylonitized.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Shear

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown

Site Visit Information

Date: Mar 05, 1997

Geologist: R Degagne

Notes: N/A



References

File - Resident Geologist files T-6358, T-6367

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1995

Author: Ayer J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Soapstone in Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5764 Page: 118-120  Date: 1991

Author: Gerow M.C., Sherlock E.J., Bellinger J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Penhorwood Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1993

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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