Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Tower Zone - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Jul-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Leeson
Latitude: 48° 22' 34" Longitude: -83° 52' 26.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 287191 Northing: 5362096 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05NW
Point Location Description: cluster of drill collars
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drive east from the north end of highway 651along the former Renabie Mine access road for approximately 17 km. The mine site has been rehabilitated and is now a gravel plain. The Tower Zone lies just southeast of Smith Lake.
1984-86: Royex Gold Mining Corporation - soil survey, ground geophysics, DDH-5-2064 ft, petrography
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Leeson.45/2.10127 | 42B05NW0057 | 42B05NW0057 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Metabasalt | Near |
Aug 25, 2014 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values were returned from a zone of quartz within a silicified basalt. Directly to east of the Tower Zone is a vertical fault known as the No. 2 shaft fault. This fault has a demonstrated horizontal offset to the south of at least 600 feet. Directly to the west of theTower Zone lies what appears to be a subsidiary fault. This fault strikes S35E and dips parallel to the Tower Zone. It appears that this fault cuts off the westerly extension of the Tower Zone and displaces it to the south-east. Approximately 600 ft south of the Tower Zone is where the interpreted Renabie Break is located. In the area of this interpreted extension of the Renabie Break, several anomalous Au geochemical values have been found.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 25, 2014 (A Wilson) - Drill hole 85-21 intersected a quartz zone that returned 0.326 oz/t Au over 5.5 ft. Other drill intersections returned: 0.471 oz/t Au over 0.8 ft; 0.176 oz/t Au over 4.9 ft; 0.073 oz/t Au over 3.1 ft; 0.123 oz/tAu over 4.6 ft, 0.886 oz/t Au over1 ft and 0.044 oz/t Au over 2.2 ft. Assays for the four other drill holes completed at this site were generally in the 0.01 to .002 oz/t range over 1 ft.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Article - The geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Renabie portion of the Missanabie-Renabie gold district, Wawa gold camp, Wawa
Publication Number: MP146.017 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 - 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:
Mono - Syn-deformational shear zone-hosted Au-quartz vein mineralization in TTG host rocks, Renabi Mine area, north Ontario: structural analysis, microstructural characteristics and vein paragenesis
Publication Number: OFR5759 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Callan N.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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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