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| Record Name(s) | Bingham-Holliday Showing North - 1985, Claim 1594 - 1985 |
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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-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Leclaire
Latitude: 48° 12' 59.15" Longitude: -84° 41' 41.69"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 671223.53 Northing: 5342924.94 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Showing north of parcel 2267 compilation map 3 OFR 5587
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from Steephill Falls power dam by travelling north for a distance of approximately16 km and then overland for approximately 1 km to Bingham Lake.
19??: trenching and pitting
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 along the sheared contact between mafic to intermediate and intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rocks of the upper volcanic cycle.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Sheared | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Mafic To Intermediate | Sheared | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within a quartz vein associated with mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks and local sericite schists.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Fluorite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Minerals reported at the occurrence, but unconfirmed by the OGS are: sphalerite, chalcocite, bornite, malacite, bismuth molybdenite and natice copper. Grab samples by the OGS returned assay values of 0.02 oz/t Au, 0.10 oz/t Ag, 0.18 oz/t Ag and 0.52 oz/t Ag.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 105 | 90 |
File - Resident Geologist files Leclaire-0011-A1
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Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Leclaire Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P2636 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - Leclaire Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1996
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Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 240 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - Robinson, D., Unpublished Report
Publication Number: Page: 131 Date: 1983
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MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: 290-291 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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