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MDI42C02NE00121
| Record Name(s) | Bingham-Holliday Showing South - 1985, Claim 1595 - 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: Silver, Lead
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Leclaire
Latitude: 48° 12' 48.15" Longitude: -84° 41' 42.68"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 671213.31 Northing: 5342584.74 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Mineral occurrence on parcel 2267 AWS OFR 5587 compilation map 3
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The vein is accessible by boat from the Steephill Falls dam site. Bingham Lake is approximately 16 km north of the dam site. The site will be accessible only at low water since the site was flooded following the creation of the Magpie River Reservoir.
19??: trenching and pitting.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Leclaire-0011-C1 | 42C02NE0610 | 42C02NE0610 |
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 veins are associated with mafic to intermediate and intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rocks of the upper volcanic cycle. A small granodiorite intrusion is located just south of the occurrence.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Calcite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Crystal Tuff | 2 | Intermediate To Felsic | Crystal Tuff, Polymictic Tuff | Near |
| Granodiorite | 3 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein is associated with quartz-feldspar crystal tuff, polymictic lapilli tuff and granodiorite. Quartz-calcite veins have also been observed in the small granodiorite body located south of the occurrence.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Fluorite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Other minerals reported, but not confirmed at the site include: chalcopyrite, sphalerite, chalcocite, bornite, malachite, bismuth, molybdenite and native copper. Galena, pyrite, calcite and quartz are the main vein constituents at this occurrence. The best values obtained from grab samples taken by the OGS were: 0.01 oz/t Au and < 0.01 oz/t Ag.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 80 | 90 |
File - Resident Geologist file Leclaire-0011-A1
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Location: SSM RGP office
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: 132 Date: 1983
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Location: SSM RGP office
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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