Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Macassa High-Grade - 1947 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Jun-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Brackin
Latitude: 48° 19' 17.82" Longitude: -83° 49' 56.5"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 290045 Northing: 5355925 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05SW
Point Location Description: Quartz vein northeast of Missibay Lake
Location Method: Based on Assessment
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 2 km south of the Crooked Lake narrows.
1947: Macassa Mines Ltd./Canbrae Exploration Co. Ltd. – mapping, prospecting, sampling, stripping. 1983: Tundra Gold Mines Limited – airborne geophysics.1984: Canreos Minerals (1980) Ltd. – ground geophysics, trenching. 1985: Aurelian Developers Ltd. – mapping, soil survey, DD-6-1350 ft
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WT Brackin 31/2.6844 | 42B05SW0043 | 42B05SW0043 |
| WT Brackin 21/ 2.8949 | 42B05SW0032 | 42B05SW0032 |
| WT Brackin 29/2.6613 | 42B05SW0076 | 42B05SW0076 |
| WT Brackin 25 | 20000005051 | 20000005051 |
| Brackin 0010/63A.33 | 42B05SW0052 | 42B05SW0052 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonalite | 2 | Trondhjemite-Tonalite | Sheared | Host |
Jul 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - Stripping showed that the vein pinched out and became a 6-inch barren quartz vein which in turn ran into and disappeared in an aplite dike.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from the vein returned assays of 0.32 oz/t Au and 2.17 g/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
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:
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:
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, 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 - 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:
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