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| Record Name(s) | Cline Claim A.C. 452 - 1927 |
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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-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Abotossaway
Latitude: 48° 13' 34.15" Longitude: -84° 36' 16.67"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 677895.66 Northing: 5344210.7 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Cline AC 452 claim map 36b
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is situated approximately 500 m south of the south end of Murphy Lake. It can be accessed by travelling down the old Murphy Mine access road/power line from the Algoma Central Railway for approximately 5 km and then overland to the site.
The vein system was reported by Gledhill 1927 and, at the time of writing, had been trenched and pitted.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| ABOTOSSAWAY 17 | 42C02NE0950 | 42C02NE0950 |
| ABOTOSSAWAY 22 | 42C02NE8722 | 42C02NE8722 |
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 which is composed of 85 to 115 degree striking brittle and brittle-ductile high-strain zones displaying dextral oblique-slip displacement. The occurrence lies within intermediate to mafic metavolcanic rocks at the sheared margin of the trondhjemititc Gutcher Lake Stock. The vein has been segmented into 3 or 4 sections by right lateral offset across northeast-striking strike-slip faults.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonalite | 2 | Trondhjemite | Sheared | Near |
| Mafic Schist | 3 | Chloritic | Schist | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein segments are reportedly bordered by mesocratic calcite-quartz-chlorite schist grading outward into hornfels. The vei is composed of several parallel small quartz veins lying close together.
| 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 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Gledhill reported that the best gold grades were obtained from the north end of the vein. No assays have been reported.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 60 | 2 | 360 | 85 |
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Goudreau-Lochalsh gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.002 Page: 70 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 105-106 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 74 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: 218 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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: 43 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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