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Record Name(s) | Prest Float - 1947, Muskego Tp. Float No. 1 - 1978 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1994-Sep-27 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
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.
1947:The boulder was found by V.K. Prest while mapping the area for the government.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Vein | Hanging Wall |
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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.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore |
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.
Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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Unknown | N/A | N/A |
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
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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
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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
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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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