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| Record Name(s) | Priests Gold Occurrence - 1945, Priests Showing - 1945 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Aguonie
Latitude: 48° 11' 59.82" Longitude: -84° 31' 11.68"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 684281.02 Northing: 5341498.31 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Outcrop on north side of creek south of Garbe Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The area is accessible only by air from Wawa.
Pre-1944: trenching, test pitting; information on the showing was given to Smith of Leitch Gold Mines by a priest who formerly had interest in the ground. 1971: Getty Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1983: International Corona - sampling, geological mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Aguonie-0021 | 42C02NE0023 | 42C02NE0023 |
| BIRD 12 | 42C01NW8704 | 42C01NW8704 |
| Keating-0017 | 42C07SW0031 | 42C07SW0031 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
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 appears to lie in the western extension of the Cradle Lakes Deformation Zone (CLDZ). The CLDZ is subarallel to stratigraphy and occurs largely within feldspar-crystal tuffs. The CLDZ contains a large, east-striking high-strain zone that is up to 40 m wide and has been traced for several hundred metres along strike. The CLDZ occurs close to a major contact between 2750 Ma cycle two and 2700 Ma cycle three metavolcanics. The rocks are characterized by strong alteration, generally confined to zones of high strain and characterized by Fe-carbonatization and sericitization.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Silicified | Host | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of a quartz vein and silicified breccia zone in massive intermediate metavolcanics at the contact of a northwest trending diabase dike. The breccia zone comprises up to 60% white to greenish quartz.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 10 ft sample collected by Leitch Gold Mines from a pit returned assay value of $0.17 per ton gold. Most samples collected by International Corona returned low gold values with the exception of a selected sample of the vein material containing 25% pyrrhotite which assayed 900 ppb gold. Grab samples collected from the trenches by International Corona returned values of 0.047 and 0.045 oz/t Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 220 | 70 |
Map - Precambrian Geology, Aguonie Township
Publication Number: OFM0217 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 107 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 112-113 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Aguonie, Bird, Finan and Jacobson Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5588 Page: 84-85 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: 51 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Folio - Aguonie Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF172 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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