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Record: MDI42C02NE00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Brighton Occurrence - 1927, Claim Ac 451 - 1927
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Abotossaway

Latitude: 48° 13' 26.34"    Longitude: -84° 36' 40.29"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 677415.93   Northing: 5343954.56    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C02NE

Point Location Description: Vein in centre of AC 451

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The former Murphy Gold minesite is located approximately 6.5 km by overgrown bush road, west of Goudreau. The occurrence is situated approximately 1.3 km SW of the former mine site.



Exploration History

Pre 1981: trenching. 1980-1981: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd. - ground geophysical surveys, 1 ddh (197 ft), mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
ABOTOSSAWAY 37A1 42C02NE0218 42C02NE0218
ABOTOSSAWAY 41 42C02NE0213 42C02NE0213

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2722 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Gutcher Lake Stock is known for a number of shear zone hosted gold-copper deposits on its north flank and shear zone quartz vein hosted gold deposits on its south flank.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Tonalite 1 Trondhjemite Near
Vein 2 Quartz Host
Mafic Schist 3 Mafic To Intermediate Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of irregular quartz veins within a basic schist intruded by porphyry.




Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - There are no reported assays for this occurrence.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Shear

Rank: 2       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular 825

References

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:


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, Abotossaway Township

Publication Number: OFM0223 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1993

Author: Sage R.P.

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:


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:


Book - Abotossaway Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Part - Goudreau-Lochalsh gold area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV36-02.002 Page: 69-70  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: 105  Date: 1991

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

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: 39  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Book - Gold Occurrences of Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report

Publication Number: Robinson Page: 72  Date: 1983

Author: Robinson, D.

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


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