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| Record Name(s) | Sinclair Property - 1938, Brooks Lake Group - 1938 |
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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-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Chabanel
Latitude: 48° 4' 13.38" Longitude: -84° 40' 39.45"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 672998 Northing: 5326732 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Claim SSM 9185 from Chabane-l0039
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is accessible by driving north along the Loonskin Lake access road for approximately 7 km from highway 101. Take the left fork towards the Lucy Pit and park at the berm. The property is accessible by walking for approximately 800 m south of the Lucy pit.
1938: C. R. Sinclair - prospecting. 1957: Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd. - trenching, diamond drilling (7 ddh - 418 ft.).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Chabanel 0029/ 63.3832 | 42C02SE0082 | 42C02SE0082 |
| Chabanel 0011-D1 / 15 | 42C02SE0100 | 42C02SE0100 |
| Chabanel-0039 | 20000018468 | 20000018468 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR5888
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Jan 11, 2016 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted within the mafic metavolcanics of the second volcanic cycle. The occurrence lies at the contact between a mafic breccia and pillowed mafic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Brecciated | Adjacent |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Samples taken from the occurrence appear to have been taken from a narrow quartz-carbonate vein within mafic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples analysed by Erie Canadian Mines for Sinclair, returned only trace values of gold from a quartz, carbonate vein. The best assay returned $0.40 Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 113-114 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
File - Resident Geologist files WP Chabanel-39, Chabanel 0011-E1
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Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Chabanel Township, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2439 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Rebic Z., Abercrombie S., Neale K., MacMillan D.W., England D., Calvert T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 393 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 140 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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