Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Baltic 72 Vein - 1947 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Jun-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Brackin
Latitude: 48° 21' 5.09" Longitude: -83° 50' 26.07"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 289559 Northing: 5359259 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05SW
Point Location Description: Centre of vein on patented claim SSM 35272
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drive east along the Renabie Mine access road for approxmately 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, trenching, stripping, DD-5. 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 | 42B05SW0053 | 42B05SW0053 |
| WT Brackin.43/ donated | 20000018831 | 20000018831 |
| WT Brackin.17/ 63A.36 | 42B05SW0053 | 42B05SW0053 |
| WT Brackin.14/2.6608 | 42B05SW0044 | 42B05SW0044 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Tonalite | 1 | Trondhjemite-Tonalite | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Sheared | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein material is heavily mineralized with pyrite and galena. The quartz is well fractured and discoloured and the gold values are erratic along the vein. The quartz vein shows folding.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Baltic Mines Ltd. in 1947 returned assays of 0.01 oz/t Au over 3.5 ft, 0.04 oz/t Au over 3 feet, 0.14 oz/t Au over 3 ft. The best assays obtained from drill core in 1948 returned 0.08 ozt Au over 1 foot and 0.07 oz/t Au over 2 ft, 0.36 oz/t Au over 3 ft.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sheared |
| 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 Page: 99-107 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist file WT Brackin.44
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
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 - Stover and Brackin townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2380 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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:
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 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
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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