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Record: MDI42B01NW00066

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Prest Float - 1947, Muskego Tp. Float No. 1 - 1978
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Sep-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Muskego

Latitude: 48° 11' 33.55"    Longitude: -82° 17' 52.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 403547.36   Northing: 5338527.61    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42B01NW

Point Location Description: Float position transferred from a sketch in a government report (MDC 17)

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Easy access is possible via canoe up Scorch Creek from Highway 101. Follow the east shore of Keith Lake.



Exploration History

1947:The boulder was found by V.K. Prest while mapping the area for the government.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Vein Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The float consists of a mineralized fragment of quartz vein. Arsenopyrite occurs in small veins in metasedimentary rocks about 750 metres to the north of the occurrence.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected in 1947 returned 0.03 oz/t Au and a picked sample of arsenopyrite assayed 0.07 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: None

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

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Muskego Township, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3273 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1994

Author: Ayer J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Geology of the Keith-Muskego townships area

Publication Number: ARV59-07 Page: 33  Date: 1997

Author: Prest V.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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 - Ontario occurrences of float, placer gold and other heavy minerals

Publication Number: MDC017 Page: 106  Date: 1978

Author: Ferguson S.A., Freeman E.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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: 654-655  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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