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Record: MDI42B05SW00040

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Macabie South Showing - 1965, Macassa 1105 Vein - 1947, Jedburgh 23 South Showing - 1984, R. Campbell Claims - 1954
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Jun-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Brackin

Latitude: 48° 19' 41.53"    Longitude: -83° 49' 52.52"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 290154   Northing: 5356654    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B05SW

Point Location Description: vein on former claim 35403

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Drive east along the Renabie Mine access road fo rapproximately 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 on the opposite side of the Crooked Lake narrows on the west side of a swamp.



Exploration History

1947: Macassa Mines Ltd./Canabrae Exploration Co. Ltd. - mapping, 4 ddh. 1945: R. Campbell - mapping, trenching stripping. 1964-65: Macabie Mines Ltd. - 5 ddh (1429 ft). 1984-90: Canreos Minerals Ltd./Jedburgh Resources Option - ground geophysics, mapping, mapping, soil survey, airborne geophysics. 1991: S. Sears - ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Brackin 0011 42B05SW0060 42B05SW0060
WT Brackin.10/ 2.13984/63.6139 42B05SW0015 42B05SW0015
Brackin 0011/63.3391 42B05NW0036 42B05NW0036
Brackin 0010/ 63A.33 42B05SW0052 42B05SW0052
WT Brackin.19/ 63A.201 42B05SW0055 42B05SW0055
WT Brackin.32/2.6845 42B05SW0042 42B05SW0042
WT Brackin.33/ 2.8244 42B05SW0035 42B05SW0035
WT Brackin.12/ 2.8335 42B05NW0112 42B05NW0112

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Jul 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - The mineralized horizon consists of interbanded quartz veining with strongly gneissic, silicified to sericitic granite. The quartz veining varies from bull white to glassy and well mineralized.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2GalenaEconomicGangue
3MolybdeniteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jul 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - The best intersection obtained from diamond drilling by Macabie Mines Ltd. returned 0.63 oz/t Au and 1.87 oz/t Ag over 0.8 ft. Grab samples collected by Macassa Mines returned an assay of 0.02 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 2       Structure Type: Shear

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular 244 9

References

File - Resident Geologist files WT Brackin.20

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP office


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: 37-38  Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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:


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 - 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:


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: 50  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 52  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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

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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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