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| Record Name(s) | Ohio Gold Syndicate - 1935, Peters Property - 1935 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Aug-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 6' 1.36" Longitude: -84° 35' 51.56"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 678850.55 Northing: 5330248.57 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Vein south of Holdsworth Gold property
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The site is accessible by bush road west from Hawk Junction for approximately 1.5 km and then by trail to the Murray-Algoma property (1.5 km).
1935: Ohio Gold Syndicate: sampling.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Hawk Lake
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2900 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - This vein may be part of the Murray-Algoma vein system.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diorite | 2 | Diorite | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of a quartz vein in a dark-coloured quartz diorite. Other quartz veins on the property are hosted by the sheared contact of quartz porphyry and felsic to intermediate metavolcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Gold values are reported to be low from these veins.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | .6 | 139 | 90 |
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Esquega Township, Wawa area, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2440 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Rebic Z., Abercrombie S., Neale K., MacMillan D.W., Calvert T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The Michipicoten-Missinaibi area
Publication Number: ARV44-08.001 Page: 18 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Esquega Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Precambrian Geology, Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Central Portion
Publication Number: P3303 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1994
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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