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| Record Name(s) | Banville-Page Occurrence - 1921, Oban Occurrence - 2005 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jun-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-06 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Abotossaway
Latitude: 48° 14' 46.15" Longitude: -84° 34' 59.68"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 679413.9 Northing: 5346483.26 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Pit north of Rowan Lake compilation map 1 OFR 5587
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The property is located a distance of 4400m west of the town of Goudreau (on the ACR railway line to Rowan Lake). A distance of approximately 523m is traversed by foot around the north side of Rowan Lake to the showing. The showing is 21m from the north shore of Rowan Lake.
The property was first discussed in 1921 where it was described as being owned by Messrs. Banville and Page. A six foot pit had been sunk on the vein at that time. 1984: Bonzano Exploration Ltd. - ground mag, EM, geochemical and geological surveys over the property; old shaft reportedly 15 feet deep. 1999: Patricia Mining Corp. - mapping, 2005: Pele Gold Corporation - stripping, sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Abotossaway.52 | 20000004581 | 20000004581 |
| WP Abotossaway.47 | 20000001878 | 20000001878 |
| WP Abotossaway.44 | 20000001817 | 20000001817 |
| ABOTOSSAWAY 23 | 42C02NE0802 | 42C02NE0802 |
| WP Abotossaway.27 | 42C08SE2003 | 42C08SE2003 |
| ABOTOSSAWAY 45 | 42C02NE0212 | 42C02NE0212 |
| ABOTOSSAWAY46A1 | 42C02NE0210 | 42C02NE0210 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO P.500
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the western domain of the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone. The GLDZ is composed of 85 to 115 degree striking brittle and brittle-ductile high-strain zones displaying dextral oblique-slip displacement. The vein lies within massive to pillowed mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Stringers | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonate Ironstone | 2 | Carbonate Facies? | Banded | Host |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Massive, Pillowed | Near | |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Feldspar | Near | |
| Breccia-unsubdivided | 5 | Near |
Nov 04, 2010 (A Wilson) - The property is underlain by massive and pillowed mafic metavolcanic rocks. Mafic lapilli tuff occurs locally on the property. Where the rocks are highly strained, they are schistose and carbonatized and chloritized. A small lens of carbonatized gabbro/diorite occurs north of Rowan Lake within the claim block. Foliated feldspar porphyry intrusions cross-cut the mafic metavolcanics. A 3 m wide breccia zone occurs to the east end of the deformed and altered area. This complex zone is characterized by brecciated Fe-carbonate veins, quartz veins and well-foliated mafic metavolcanic host rock. The entire zone is highly chloritized, carbonatized and sericitized.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 2 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Tourmaline | Alteration | Tourmalinization | 3 |
Nov 04, 2010 (A Wilson) - Visible gold has been reported along with specks of chalcopyrite. The best assay results from channel sampling near the old shaft/pit returned values between 0.002 and 0.025 oz/t Au. Grab samples collected by Patricia in 1999 returned values of 1.27 g/t Au and 18.8 g/t Au from carbonate altered, fine-grained, Grab samples collected by Pele Gold Corporation in 2005 returned values ranging from 0.01 g/t Au up to 128.71 g/t Au. A composite grab sample returned 98 g/t Au from a narrow quartz vein containing pyrite.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2.5 | 105 | 90 |
Date: Feb 06, 2004
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: Rusty, contorted iron-carbonate veins intrude the mafic host rocks parallel to foliation. On average, the veining is on the centimeter scale. The veins may contain up to 15% pyrite + chalcopyrite with minor magnetite. Locally, malachite was observed along foliation planes where a carbonate vein intruded a sericite schist. Quartz veins are common, they are generally irregular in shape varying from stringer to veins up to 50 cm in width. Although most veins are vertical, several flat-lying veins were located. Mineralization within the quartz veins consists of up to 5% pyrite and chalcopyrite. Tourmaline occurs locally within the quartz veins. Magnetite veins are associated with the quartz
Map - Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM36B Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist area, Northeastern Region
Publication Number: MP122.008 Page: 224 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Booth K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: Map 1 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Abotossaway Township (unpublished)
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1983
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM49G Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
Part - Goudreau-Lochalsh gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.002 Page: 73 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 42 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 103 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: 37 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: 217-218 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Goudreau Gold Area, Michipicoten District, Ontario; In: Summary Report 1921 Part D
Publication Number: Sum Rep 1921 Date: 1921
Author: Thomson, J.E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103205
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:
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: 35 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Publication - Report on a geological mapping program of the Highland West Project near Wawa, Ontario, p. 98
Publication Number: Date: 2009
Author: R. H. Thivierge and P. C. Delisle
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Publication - Michipicoten Iron Ranges; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 147
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 147 Page: 131 Date: 1926
Author: Collins, W H; Quirke, T T; Thomson, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100849
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