Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Stover Silver Occurrence - 1972 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Stover
Latitude: 48° 21' 53.75" Longitude: -83° 58' 33.48"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 279588 Northing: 5361142 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05SW
Point Location Description: Fe-stained outcrop on north side of Renabie Road
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Drive east along the Renabie Mine access road for approximately 8.5 km from the north end of highway 651. The outcorp is located about 150 m east of the Rennie Lake road, on the north side of the Renabie Mine road.
1971: Ontario Syndicate - airborne geophysics. 1971: Ontario Geological Survey - sampling. 1975: Dome Exploration Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1986: Conquest Yellowkinfe Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Stover-0027 / 2.8335 | 42B05NW0112 | 42B05NW0112 |
| Bryuere 0012 | 42C08NE0052 | 42C08NE0052 |
| Meath 0019A1 / 2.1725 | 42C08NE0028 | 42C08NE0028 |
| WP Stover.1 / 63.4644 | 42C08SE0003 | 42C08SE0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Baltimore Lake Deformation Zone (BLDZ) is located in northwestern Stover Township where it is defined by by a 1.2 km wide, SE-trending zone of folding, transposition and shearing. The BLDZ can be traced fro approximately 6 km southeastward across Stover Township. The BLDZ is characterized by rootless isoclinal folds of bedding/schistosity, sinistral and dextral shear folds, transposition and ductile shear zones axial planr to the folds.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Sheared | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated silver values were returned from a highly iron stained outcrop of foliated rhyolitic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1972 returned an assay of 0.16 oz/t Ag and trace gold with trace to nil base metals.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 4.5 | 1.5 |
Book - Stover Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGO
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:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 330 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
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:
Map - Geological series, Stover Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0790 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 - 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:
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