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| Record Name(s) | McCauley Claim - 1927, Claim A.C. 473 - 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' 8.43" Longitude: -84° 36' 41.66"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 677404.92 Northing: 5343400.57 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Vein on former claim AC 473
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.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
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 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 | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Mafic To Intermediate | Sheared | Near |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of a 3 foot wide quartz vein within basic schst. The vein filling consists of ankerite or carbonate, with a few ladder or cross veins of quartz. Sulphides are rare.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | .9 | 110 |
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:
Part - Goudreau-Lochalsh gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.002 Page: 71 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.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:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 106 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: 75 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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 - 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 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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