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MDI42B05NW00036
| Record Name(s) | Trail Vein - 1947, Claim S35250 - 1947 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Jun-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Leeson
Latitude: 48° 24' 18.55" Longitude: -83° 50' 12.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 290062 Northing: 5365221 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05NW
Point Location Description: Vein on eastern boundary of former claim S35250
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is most easily accessed by float plane from Wawa to Leeson Lake. Alternatively, the site can be accessed by traverse from the former Renabie mine site.
1947-48: Macassa Mines Ltd. - mapping. 1984: M. Shunock - ground geophysics. 1985: North Gold Fields Resources Inc. - sampling, stripping, mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Leeson 0032A1/ 2.8820 | 20000005045 | 20000005045 |
| Leeson 0029A1 / 2.6521 | 42B05NW0023 | 42B05NW0023 |
| Leeson 0014A1/63A.55 | 42B05NW0050 | 42B05NW0050 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonalite | 2 | Trondhjemite-Tonalite | Sheared | Contains |
Aug 25, 2014 (A Wilson) - The vein is described as lying within a crumpled shear. The crumples on the shear plane make it impossible to assign a definite dip to the vein. Two parallel quartz veins are exposed in a trench in sheared and altered intermediate intrusive rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 25, 2014 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Macassa Mines Ltd in 1948 assayed 0.14 oz/t Au. A grab sample collected by North Gold Fields in 1985 returned an assay of 0.02 oz/t Au and 0.2 oz/t Ag.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 45 | 85 |
Map - Renabie Mines Limited, Nudulama Mines Limited and adjoining properties, surface geology, parts of Rennie, Leeson and Brackin townships, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0492 Scale: 1:6,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Missinaibi Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0672 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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:
Part - Geology of the Rennie-Leeson area
Publication Number: ARV51-08.001 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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