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| Record Name(s) | Wawa Goldfields South Zone - 1934, Hillside Adit - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1999-Sep-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 48° 0' 27.89" Longitude: -84° 43' 16.69"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 669950.37 Northing: 5319673.59 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Adit on patent claim SSM 4924
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The easiest access is by boat from the south end of Wawa Lake to the adit, a distance of approximately 4 km. Alternatively, drive east along highway 101 for approximately 5 km. The adit can be reached by walking north from highway 101 to the shoreline.
Pre-1935: WaWa Goldfields Ltd. - old adit on lakeshore deepened to 108 feet, tenching. 1988-1990: Golden Point Explorations Ltd. - mapping, trenching, stripping, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| WP McMurray-39 | 42C02SE5043 | 42C02SE5043 |
| WP McMurray-12 | 42C02SE0063 | 42C02SE0063 |
| WP McMurray-54 | 42C02SE9034 | 42C02SE9034 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The quartz vein is hosted within the Jubilee tuffs which are a locally occurring andesitic to dacitic unit that is found adjacent to the Jubilee Lake stock. The Jubilee tuffs are believed to be stratigraphically located between the mafic to intermediate to intermedeiate to felsic metavolcanics in the McMurray township area.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Andesite To Dacite | Tuff | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The rocks overlying the adit consit of interbedded quartz-eye porphyry rholite tuffs, chloritic tuffs and greywacke. Bedding attitudes are variable. A second vein occurs to the south of the vein along which the adit was drivern. It strikes 53 degrees and dips 85 degrees to the north. The vein is located 180 feet south of the main vein.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 152 | .3 | 223 | 80 |
Map - Geological series, McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, formerly Township 29, Range 23, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0828 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1973
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1934
Publication Number: ARV44-01.003 Page: 99 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Keeley E.C., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - McMurray Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of McMurray Township, Wawa area, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2441 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Sawitzky E., Turner J., Leeselleur P., Sagle E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
MonoMap - Geology of McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5283 Page: 117-118 Date: 1979
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 449 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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