Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Springer Vein - 1947, Baltic Prospect - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Oct-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Brackin
Latitude: 48° 21' 11.29" Longitude: -83° 50' 36.03"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 289361 Northing: 5359458 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05SW
Point Location Description: Vein on patented claims SSM35148, SSM35150, SSM35272
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: Drive east along the Renabie Mine access road for approximately 17 km from the north end of highway 651 to the Crooked Lake access road. Drive south for approximately 1.5 km to the Braminco access road and then turn west and drive to the end of the road. Walk overland along a series of old skidder trails to the vein. Alternatively the site can be accessed via Crooked Lake and then by a 750 m overland traverse to the vein.
1947-48: Baltic Mines Ltd. - mapping, stripping, sampling, diamond drilling (2 holes). 1984: Canreos Minerals (1980) Ltd. - ground geophysics. 2008-2010: Micon Gold Inc. – ground geophysics, soil geochemistry
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WT Brackin.60 / 2.48343 | 20000006422 | 20000006422 |
| WT Brackin.17/ 63A.36 | 42B05SW0053 | 42B05SW0053 |
| WT Brackin.14/2.6608 | 42B05SW0044 | 42B05SW0044 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonalite | 2 | Trondhjemite-Tonalite | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Baltic exploration program focused on a series of quartz veins and silicified shear zones in foliated to gneissic granitic rocks within 1.6 km of the eastern contact of the greenstone belt. Most of these veins strike SE to SSE.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected in 1947 by E. Campbell returned assays of 1.19 oz/t Au; 0.06 oz/t Au over 2 ft., 0.01 oz/t Au over 3 feet, 0.08 oz/t Au over 3 ft. Assays from diamond drilling completed by Baltic Mines Ltd. ranged from 0.005 oz/t Au over 0.6 ft to 0.01 oz/t Au over 1.8 ft.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Sheared |
| 2 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files WT Brackin.44
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Geological series, Brackin Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0791 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1972
Author: Bennett G., Dupuis C.P., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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 - Stover and Brackin townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2380 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Bennett G.
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Crooked Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R172 Page: 32-33 Date: 1978
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 49 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 128 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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