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| Record Name(s) | Taal Occurrence - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Nov-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Musquash
Latitude: 48° 8' 3.21" Longitude: -84° 40' 21.21"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 673160.64 Northing: 5333838.65 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Large outcrop on north side of the southernmost basy of West Andre Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to West Andre Lake is possible only by air from Waw or by overland traverse from the Algoma Central railway line.
A student conducting research for a Bachelor's thesis collected samples anomalous in their gold values in this area in 1984.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Musquash-0014 | 42C02NE0799 | 42C02NE0799 |
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
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Massive, Pillowed | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The host rock is described as being strongly schistose and showing sericite, chlorite alteration.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Tourmaline | Alteration | Tourmalinization | 1 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample of altered mafic metavolcanic rocks collected in 1984 returned an assay of 0.09 oz/t Au.
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Musquash Township, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2568 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., England D., Calvert T., Oudkerk G., Worona R., Koscinsko K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Thesis - Tourmaline alteration in the southeast corner of Musquash Township, Northern Ontario
Publication Number: BSc Thesis Date: 1986
Author: Taal, T.A.
Publisher Name: Carleton University
Location: Timmins RGP Office
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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