Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | OGS Zinc Showing - 1984, Sage Zinc Property - 1998 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead, Gold
Township or Area: Aguonie
Latitude: 48° 13' 59.15" Longitude: -84° 31' 35.87"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 683663.16 Northing: 5345166.24 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Centre of trench on north shore of lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is adjacent to the ACR and is accessible by foot or ATV from the village of Goudreau. The site is located on the north shore of Johnson Lake (local name), approximately 3 km south of Goudreau.
1900?: trenching by persons unknown. 1985: Manwa Exploration - sampling. 1987: International Corona - soil survey, prospecting, sampling. 1998 : Sears, Barry and Associates - mapping, soil survey, till sampling (heavy minerals), sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Aguonie 9 | 20000018796 | 20000018796 |
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 lies in a zone of relatively undeformed rock between the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone to the north and the Cradle Lake Deformation Zone to the south. The area is underlain by a sequence of felsic metavolcanic rocks consisting of feldspar crystal tuffs, fine-grained laminated tuffs and coarse fragmental rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Sheared | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of sheared, carbonatized and silicified intermediate to felsic tuff, cut by sphalerite-filled fractures.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Sphalerite occurs as massive lenses and stringers within sericitized felsic host rocks. Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1984 ranged up to 1.59 oz/t Ag, 0.01 oz/t Au, 1290 ppm Cu, 92 ppm Pb and 11.4% Zn over 92 cm. Two grab samples collected by Sears in 1998 ran 9.7% and 8.5% Zn.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 1 | .03 | 80 | 2750 MA |
Article - Josephine-Goudreau area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: MP119.011 Page: 58-59 Date: 1997
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist file Keating-0017
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Author:
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Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Precambrian Geology, Aguonie Township
Publication Number: OFM0217 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: 114 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 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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