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MDI42B05NW00021
| Record Name(s) | Shihan VMS Property - 2006, Conboy Lake Occurrence - 1939, Rennie Silver Property - 1969, Westfield Occurrence - 1963, Tremblay Group - 1940 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Feb-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Lead
Township or Area: Rennie
Latitude: 48° 25' 3.58" Longitude: -83° 56' 10.89"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 282746 Northing: 5366889 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05NW
Point Location Description: cluster of drill holes
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The occurrence lies about 250 m south and west of Conboy Lake. It is accessible via the main haul road from either Dubreuilville in the west (68 km) or approximately 5 km along a secondary haul road that links the Renabie Road to the main haul road. The prospect is accessible by a short traverse to the site. Prior to 1996, the site was accessible only by float equipped aircraft or by traverse along a winter road from Colborne Lake.
1939-47: J. Tremblay - mineralization discovered; limited trenching and stripping 1940: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. - property visit 1953: Coulee Lead and Zinc Mines Limited: 9 (3213 ft). 1962: Gunnex Limited: relogging and resampling of core, ground mag and EM. 1963-1969: Westfield Minerals Limited: DD-45-4500 ft, airborne mag and EM, ground mag and VLF, stripping and trenching, IP survey resistivity. 1972-73: Freeport Canadian Exploration Co - 3 ddh (2299 ft) 1974: property optioned to Wilroy Mines Ltd. - no work completed. 1980-81: Westfield Minerals Limited: 13 ddh (6213 ft), sampling, geological mapping and till sampling, IP survey, lithogeochemical survey, mag and EM survey. 1984: Westfield Minerals Limited: geological survey, ground mag and EM, 10 ddh (4971 ft), trenching. 1985: Canamax Resources - ground geophysics, 11 ddh (1888m). 1992-93: Noranda Exploration: mapping, lithogeochemical survey, ground geophysical surveys 3 ddh (868 m). 1995-97: R. Reukl - ground geophysical survey. 2000 - Falconbridge Ltd. - ground TEM and mag surveys. 2006-2010: Ridgeline Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics, sampling, DD-26, deposit modelling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP.Meath.19 / 2.33386 | 20000001709 | 20000001709 |
| WP Rennie.27 / 2.38507 | 20000003439 | 20000003439 |
| WP Rennie.31 / 2.42428 | 20000000143 | 20000000143 |
| WP Rennie.37 / 2.47153 | 20000006514 | 20000006514 |
| Rennie 0039A1 / 2.8424 | 42B05NW0072 | 42B05NW0072 |
| WP Rennie.14 / 2.20447 | 42B05NW2005 | 42B05NW2005 |
| WP Rennie.11 / 2.17508 | 42B05NW0022 | 42B05NW0022 |
| Rennie 0020A1 / 63.2525 | 42B05NW0091 | 42B05NW0091 |
| Rennie 0013 | 42B05NW0101 | 42B05NW0101 |
| Rennie 0036A1 | 42B05NW0077 | 42B05NW0077 |
| Rennie 0040-A1 | 42B05NW0074 | 42B05NW0074 |
| Rennie 0024A1 / 63.3773 | 42B05NW0085 | 42B05NW0085 |
| Rennie 0012A1 | 42B05NW0094 | 42B05NW0094 |
| Rennie 0026 / OM31-PE27-C-80 | 42B05NW0095 | 42B05NW0095 |
| Meath 0017 / 63.1646 | 42C08NE0029 | 42C08NE0029 |
| Rennie 0040B1 / 2.8721 | 42B05NW0073 | 42B05NW0073 |
| WP Rennie.5 / 2.14877 | 42B05NW8584 | 42B05NW8584 |
| Rennie 0028/2.4625 | 42B05SW0010 | 42B05SW0010 |
| Rennie 0034 / 2.7479 | 42B05NW0079 | 42B05NW0079 |
| Rennie 0037 / 2.8425 | 20000005047 | 20000005047 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Sep 09, 2013 (A Wilson) - The showing occurs in fine-grained tuffaceous metavolcanics ranging in composition from dacite to quartz dacite. Mafic metavolcanic flows (amphibolitized) and some metagabbro sills border the intermediate to felsic metavolcanics on the north and south. A diabase dike trends northwest across the showing and several concordant feldspar poprhyry dikes are exposed in trenches. The rocks are sericitized in the vicinity of the showing.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Dacite To Quartz Dacite | Tuffaceous | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basaltic | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The rocks are fine to medium grained, porphyritic and massive to slightly foliated. In the vicinity of the mineralization, the rocks are highly sericitic and weakly to strongly schistose and contain scattered quartz eyes. Two narrow units of iron formation occur on the eastern end of the mineralized zone. The mafic metavolcanics are predominantly massive to foliated, rare pillowed occurrences are found. These are overlain by argillacous metasedimentary or tuffaceous unit that commonly contains pyrite and pyrrhotite lenses. Overlying the metasediments is a sequence of intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rocks that can be subdivided into three units: a massive rhyolite that is in part porphyritic; cherty tuff horizons that in part enclose a narrow band of massive pyrite and sphalerite; and ash flow tuff units with variable proportions of quartz eyes, garnets, sericite, biotite and chlorite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Medium | Network |
Sep 09, 2013 (A Wilson) - Mineralization consists of stringers, rarely up to 4 inches thick of massive dark brouwn to resinous sphalerite, stringers of coarsely crystalline pyrite and minor galena and chalcopyrite disseminated in small patches and in stringers. Assays indicate that significant Ag mineralization is present but the nature of the mineralization is unknown. Grab samples by the OGS in 1971 returned values of 0.80% Pb, 14.1% Zn, 0.10% Cu, 20.28 oz Ag and 0.06 oz Au. The second sample gave the following results: tr Pb, 7.60% Zn, 2.15% Cu, 18,12 oz Ag, and 0.06 oz Au. The grade of the section drilled by Westfield is reported to be 14.8% Zn over an average thickness of 4.3 feet. Some low gold values accompany some sulphide rich portions at the cherty tuff horizons, mostly above the ore zone values range from 0.01 to 0.05 oz/t Au with rare values over 0.10 oz/t Au. South of the main zone, more promising gold intersections have been found; ranging from 0.15 oz/t Au over 3 feet to 0.95 oz/t Au and 4.09 oz/t Ag over 1.7 ft. The Zinc Zone contains massive to pervasive stringers of sphalerite and is up to 2.75 m in apparent thickness. The upper and lower contacts of the Zinc Zone are sharp and trend parallel to the schistosity of the host rock. Disseminated, euhedral pyrite crystals and semi-massive, fine-grained pyrite are often found within and proximal to the Zinc Zone. In addition, rounded, anhedral pyrite nodules, up to 5 mm in diameter, occur in massive sphalerite and in association with numerous rounded fragments of quartz and quartz-sericite schist. The lower contact of the Zinc Zone is defined by a sharp decrease in the concentration of mineralization. Approximately 1 m beyond this lower contact, massive pyrite and strong pervasive graphite usually appear, followed by a contact with a cherty rhyolite unit. Within the cherty rhyolite the concentration of mineralization becomes trace to nil and as such this unit was considered the “shutdown” rock for drilling.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | VMS Base Metal |
| 1 | Volcanogenic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Massive |
| 2 | Stratabound |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 275 | 5 | 315 | 115 | 70 |
Date: May 08, 2001
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: A small Zn-Ag ore body of high grade sphalerite and pyrite lies enclosed in a folded steeply plunging cherty tuff horizon. The main ore body varies in width from 1 to 12 feet and rakes steeply to the west, parallel to the fold. The mineralization is offset by folding and faulting. Wider sections of mineralization 12-38 feet in thickness, occur sporadically downdip possibly due to random thickening of the cherty tuff horizon and/or rmobilization of lower grade material into fold noses. Thicker, lower grade mineralized sections are often accompanied by low gold values, 0.01 to 0.03 oz./t Au. The mineralized cherty tuff zone extends further than indicated and can be traced by narrow massive to heavily disseminated pyrite zones. Economic Zn or Ag mineral intersections are narrow and sporadic in these areas and below ore grade. The deposit geometry suggests that stratigraphic tops are to the north and that the The deposit geometry suggests that stratigraphic tops are to the north and that the deposit is overturned.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shihan VMS Deposit 1% Zn cutoff | 2008 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 44562 | NI 43-101 rpt | at 1% Zn cut-off | Copper 0.09 Percent, Gold 0.21 Grams per Tonne, Lead 0.20 Percent, Silver 72.82 Ounce per Ton, Zinc 4.3 Parts Per Million |
| Shihan VMS Deposit 3% Zn cut off | 2008 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 20384 | NI 43-101 rpt | at 3% Zn cut-off | Copper 0.15 Percent, Gold 0.36 Ounce per Ton, Lead 0.28 Percent, Silver 122.45 Ounce per Ton, Zinc 7.11 Percent |
| Shihan VMS Deposit 1% cut off | 2008 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 199699 | NI 43-101 rpt | at 1% Zn cut-off | Copper 0.09 Percent, Gold 0.30 Grams per Tonne, Lead 0.21 Percent, Silver 98.12 Ounce per Ton, Zinc 3.81 Percent |
| Shihan VMS Deposit 3% Zn cut off | 2008 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 103124 | NI 43-101 rpt | at 3% Zn cut-off | Copper 0.12 Percent, Gold 0.36 Grams per Tonne, Lead 0.28 Percent, Silver 122.17 Ounce per Ton, Zinc 5.57 Percent |
| Conboy Lake | 1997 | Possible | 101600 | Gold 5.5 Ounce per Ton, Zinc 8.3 Percent | ||
| Rennie Silver | 1981 | Possible | 378400 | Rennie 0026 | Silver 124.4 Ounce per Ton, Zinc 3 Percent | |
| Conboy Lake | 1981 | Possible | 3784000 | Rennie 0026 | Zinc 3 Percent |
Part - Geology of the Rennie-Leeson area
Publication Number: ARV51-08.001 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Northern Miner 85-01-31, Westfield's, p. 1, 2
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1985
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Timmins RGO
Book - Rennie Township unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGO
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 251 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Glasgow, Meath, and Rennie townships, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: R090 Page: 45-49 Date: 1971
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Article - The geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Missanabie-Renabie District of the Michipicoten greenstone belt, Wawa, Ontario
Publication Number: MP141.037 Page: 257-270 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B., Buck S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 261 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: 44 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 317-318 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 84 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Map - Glasgow, Meath, and Rennie townships, Algoma and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2210 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Lochalsh-Missinaibi area, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44C Scale: 1:95,040 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Rennie-Leeson area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51G Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L., Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Rennie Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0404 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1976
Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Report on phase 1 drilling, Shihan VMS Property, 457 p.
Publication Number: NI 43-101 rpt Date: 2006
Author: I. Kelson and E. Ronacher
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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