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| Record Name(s) | Smith Highgrade Gold Showing - 1944 |
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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-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Aguonie
Latitude: 48° 11' 53.67" Longitude: -84° 28' 58.01"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 687046.07 Northing: 5341398.21 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C01NW
Point Location Description: Small outcrop SW side of pond
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The site is accessible only by aircraft from Wawa to Garbe Lake and then by foot to the showing on the south west shore of a small pond.
1944: Leitch Gold Mines - prospecting, sampling. 1981: Noranda Exploration Co Ltd. - geological mapping, ground geophysical survey, trenching. 1983: International Corona Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysical survey, geological mapping, soil survey, VLF-EM survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Aguonie-0018-C1 | 42C02NE0501 | 42C02NE0501 |
| BIRD 12 | 42C01NW8704 | 42C01NW8704 |
| Aguonie-0030 | 42C08SW0237 | 42C08SW0237 |
| Keating-0017 | 42C07SW0031 | 42C07SW0031 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the western extension of the Cradle Lake Deformation Zone. This domain is a ductile-brittle zone of subparalel, dextral oblique-slip high-strain zones developed within strongly altered and deformed felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Diorite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of a strongly sheared zone in massive coarse diorite. The highest gold values were obtained from smal, short lenses of intensely sheared rusty material containing quartz. The shear was stripped but did not appear to have a very long strike length. The shear zone has a maximum strike length of 15 m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay was obtained from a grab sample taken at the time of discovery in 1944. A trio of samples assay, 0.08 oz/ Au, 4.14 oz/t Au and 036 oz/t Au. Assays obtained by Noranda in 1981 returned 0.002 oz/t Au, 0.05% Cu, 0.12% Zn. Grab samples collected by International Corona returned averaged 305 ppb across 2.38 m. A selected sample containing 30% py from the footwall assayed 1660 ppb Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 15 | .1 | 240 | 25 | 2750 MA |
Folio - Aguonie Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF172 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Aguonie Township
Publication Number: OFM0217 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 112 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Aguonie, Bird, Finan and Jacobson Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5588 Page: 87-88 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
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: 24 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Goudreau-Lochalsh area, Wawa gold camp
Publication Number: OFR5832 Date: 1992
Author: Heather K.B., Arias Z.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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