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Record: MDI42B05SW00035

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Braminco 57 Vein - 1942
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Jun-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-14
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Brackin

Latitude: 48° 21' 41.43"    Longitude: -83° 50' 57.49"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 288954   Northing: 5360405    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B05SW

Point Location Description: Quartz vein in NW corner of SSM 35123

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 1.5 km to the Braminco access road and then turn west and drive for approximately 1000 m to the portal. From the portal walk south east approximately 750 m.



Exploration History

1940-41: Canbrae Mines Ltd. - trenching, sampling. 1946-1947: Braminco Mines Limited – prospecting, trenching, sampling. 1983-84: Canreos Minerals (1980) Ltd. - ground geophysics. 2009-2010: Micon Gold Inc./Concopper Enterprises Inc. – ground geophysics, IP survey, prospecting, soil survey


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WT Brackin.60/2.48343 20000006422 20000006422
WT Brackin.14/ 2.6608 42B05SW0044 42B05SW0044
WT Brackin.43 / donation 20000018831 20000018831

Geology

Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Tonalite 2 Trondhjemite Sheared Host

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assays obtained from grab samples collected by Canbrae Mines Ltd. returned values of 0.14 oz/t Au over 5 feet and 0.04 oz/t Au over 3.2 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Sheared
1 Vein

References

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:


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:


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:


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 - 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 - 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 - Stover and Brackin townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2380 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1977

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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