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| Record Name(s) | Band-Ore East Occurrence - 2000 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Nov-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | A Wilson |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Diamond
Township or Area: Musquash
Latitude: 48° 7' 56.76" Longitude: -84° 46' 13.77"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 665880.67 Northing: 5333423.69 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NW
Point Location Description: Stripped outcrop on south side of road
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Drive north along Highway 17 for approximately 22 km from the junction between Highway 17 and Highway 101. Follow the Musquash Township forestry road northeast for approximately 4.5 km to the junction between the forestry road and a skidder trail. The showing is in a stripped area to the southeast of the road.
2000: Band-Ore Resources Ltd. - sampling, airborne geophysical survey, stripping, mapping.
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 diamond occurrences appear to be restricted to a D1 recumbent nappe in the west-central portion of the Michipicoten greenstone belt. The nappe is imbricated by south-vergin reverse faults. The direction of nappe transport is from south to north and it lies immediately north and adjacent to the Kapuskasing Structural Zone. This thrusting and shortening may be related to the tectonic events along the Kapuskasing Structural Zone. The western limit of the nappe is likely the Dickenson Lake fault that passes to the west of the Dickenson Lake stock. The nappe is not likely to extend east beyond the Marsden Fault.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | Intermediate | Host |
|---|
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diamond | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 68-kg sample collected by Band-Ore Resources in 2000 yielded 6 microdiamonds.
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
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Book - BAND-ORE RESOURCES PRESS RELEASES
Publication Number: Clippings Scale: Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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