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Record: MDI42C02SE00017

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Banner Occurrence - 1936, Oreilly Option - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Corbiere

Latitude: 48° 6' 43.3"    Longitude: -84° 36' 6.53"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 678500.6   Northing: 5331533.58    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C02SE

Point Location Description: Centre of claim group AC2636-AC2641 on old claim map

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible by traversing overland from the Josephine Mine for approximately 2 km.



Exploration History

1936: Banner Gold Mines - trenching, sampling, stripping. 1983: Falconbridge Limited - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Corbiere-0032 42C02SE0301 42C02SE0301

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2750 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Channel samples returned retuned $30 - $60 Au across 4.5 to 5 feet.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Corbiere Township, Algoma District

Publication Number: P2607 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1984

Author: Sage R.P., Calvert T., Epstein R., England D., Koscinsko K., Worona R., Oudkerk G., Inasi J., Lockwood M.B., Thomas D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Corbiere Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: GDIF297 Date: 1997

Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 147  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: 249  Date: 1993

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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