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| Record Name(s) | Doherty Lake Occurrence - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jul-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Abotossaway
Latitude: 48° 14' .19" Longitude: -84° 34' 45.5"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 679750.99 Northing: 5345073.49 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Claim AC 427 map 36b
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Doherty Lake is accessible by traversing west along the powerline from Goudreau Station for a distance of approximately 3 km. The occurrence is situated on the south shore of the lake.
1927: OGS reports fair gold assays from a vein on the south side of Doherty Lake.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| ABOTOSSAWAY 22 | 42C02NE8722 | 42C02NE8722 |
| ABOTOSSAWAY 17 | 42C02NE0950 | 42C02NE0950 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the western domain of the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone approximately where there is a flexure from ENE trending to NE trending. The GLDZ is composed of brittle and brittle-ductile high-strain zones displaying dextral oblique-slip displacement. The occurrence lies within the mafic to intermediate metavolcanics of the third cycle of volcanism within the Michipicoten greenstone belt.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Chlorite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A foot wide quartz vein has observed cutting chlorite schist at the south end of Doherty Lake. The vein occurs at the contact between chloritized mafic metavolcanics and a quartz-feldspar porphyry.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Gledhill (1927) reports fair gold assays from a quartz vein containing tourmaline, ankerite and pyrite.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | .25 |
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 gold area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM40E Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Abotossaway Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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 - Precambrian Geology, Abotossaway Township
Publication Number: OFM0223 Scale: 1:15,840 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: 72 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 104 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: 39 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: 219 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: 45 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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