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Record: MDI42C01NE00031

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Davies Lead Occurrence - 1973
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-07
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Echum

Latitude: 48° 10' 58.86"    Longitude: -84° 7' 54.19"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 713193.21   Northing: 5340620.72    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C01NE

Point Location Description: Trenches on south side of westernmost bay of Ballard Lake

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 5 km to the north end of a narrow lake. The occurrence lies approximately 500 m to the north.



Exploration History

1973: J. Davies - stripping, trenching, prospecting. 1988: Anglo Porcupine Gold Exploration Ltd. - soil survey, trenching, mapping, airborne geophysics. 1998: 2973090 Canada Ltd. - prospecting, IP survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Echum.5 42C01NE2002 42C01NE2002
WP Bruyere.6 42C08SE8673 42C08SE8673
WP Echum.1 42C01NE0424 42C01NE0424

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2700 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Biotite-Amphibole Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein occurs along the contact between the Murray Lake batholith to the north and the surrounding mafic metavolcanic rocks. The showing consists of a series of quartz veins and stringers, ranging between 0.25 in to 4 feet in width. The veins are predominantly bull white with minor pyrite and iron oxide. Pockets of galena and chalcopyrite mineralization occur, and are interpreted to occur in noses of S-folds. The veins are enclosed in a biotite-ampibolited schist.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GalenaEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Davies in 1973 returned an assay of 1.71% Pb and tr Ag.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files Echum 0010-A1

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Location: SSM RGP office


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

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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

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Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 169-170  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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