Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Gilbert Option - 1944, Showing B - 1944 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Copenace
Latitude: 48° 14' 58.84" Longitude: -84° 1' 58.64"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 720247 Northing: 5348308 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C01NE
Point Location Description: showing southeast of beaver pond
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving north along highway 651 from the junction with highway 101. Approximately 8 km north of the Hand (Sleith) Lake access point turn east along a forestry access road and drive for approximately 3.5 km. The occurrence lies approximately 500 m north of the forest access road.
1944: E. Gilbert - sampling, prospecting. 1944: Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. - property examination, sampling. 1984: Tundra Gold Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 2007-2009: Chalice Diamond Corp. - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Echum.7/2.37290 | 20000000060 | 20000000060 |
| Copenace 0012/ 2.6614 | 42C01SE0003 | 42C01SE0003 |
| Copenace-0011 | 42C08SE8841 | 42C08SE8841 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR5888
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The main showing consists of a weakly carbonated shear zone lying about 0.25 miles north east of a granite body. The shear zone lies within altered mafic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assays to have been returned from the occurrence range from 0.80 to 2.40 dwt Au. Sylvanite Gold Mines was unable to duplicate these results.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 21.3 | 15 | 305 | 70 |
Map - Lochalsh-Missinaibi area, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44C Scale: 1:95,040 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Copenace Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF295 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM DGO
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 145 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 137 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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