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| Record Name(s) | Davies Gold Occurrence - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Echum
Latitude: 48° 10' 39.39" Longitude: -84° 7' 50.04"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 713301.2 Northing: 5340022.72 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C01NE
Point Location Description: Stripped area
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving north along highway 651 to the Matchinameigus Lake turnoff. Drive SW along this road to the lake and then take the northward branch. Drive approximately 4 km to the south end of a narrow lake. The occurrence lies approximately 1 km to the NNE.
1973: J. Davies - prospecting, stripping. 1988: Anglo Porcupine MInes Ltd. - soil survey, trenching,stripping, mapping. 1998: 2973090 Canada Inc. - prospecting, IP survey, mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Echum.1 | 42C01NE0424 | 42C01NE0424 |
| WP Echum.5 | 42C01NE2002 | 42C01NE2002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Chlorite | Near |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of quartz lenses within a sheared mafic metavolcanic. The zone has been traced for approximately 200 feet. The shear lies close to the contact between the southern edge of the Murray Lake granodiorite and the surrounding mafic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Galena | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Davies in 1973 returned 1.55 oz/t Au, 0.01 oz/t Au and 0.2 oz/t Au. The best assay was associated with galena. Grab samples collected in 1998 returned assays of 7.58 g/t Au and 35.8 ppm Ag.
File - Resident Geologist files Echum 0010-A1
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Location: SSM RGP
Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Folio - Echum Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF299 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Matchinameigus Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2483 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1983
Author: Downes M.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 169 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 128 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
MonoMap - Geology of the Matchinameigus Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R233 Page: 33 Date: 1983
Author: Downes M.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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