Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | OGS Silver Occurrence - 1972 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Brackin
Latitude: 48° 18' 7.38" Longitude: -83° 51' 19.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 288250 Northing: 5353814 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05SW
Point Location Description: Quartz vein on west side of small lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
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 8 km. The showing is located approximately 4 km south of the Crooked Lake narrows along an overgrown forestry road..
1971-1972: Ontario Geological Survey – mapping. 1984: Tundra Gold Mines - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WT Brackin.29/ 2.6613 | 42B05SW0076 | 42B05SW0076 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphibolite | 2 | Amphibolite | Near | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Rhyolite | Adjacent |
Jul 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - A narrow sulphide zone is located on the east side of a diabase dike intruding amphibolitized metavolacanic and rhyolitic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - A grab sample of highly iron stained foliated rhyolitic metavolcanics collected by the OGS in 1972 assayed 0.16 oz/t Ag and trace Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Crooked Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R172 Page: 29 Date: 1978
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 130 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 154 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
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:
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 Page: 99-107 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Gneissose trondhjemite/tonalite hosted Au-quartz vein mineralization, Renabie Mine area, Wawa: geological characteristics and shear zone control
Publication Number: MP136.288 Date: 1997
Author: Callan N.J., Spooner E.T.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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