Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | University River Carbonate Zone - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Dec-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Killins
Latitude: 48° 14' 20.01" Longitude: -85° 9' 46.52"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 636401.3 Northing: 5344483.94 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03NE
Point Location Description: Stripped area beside the University River
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible via the Eagle River Mine/Paint Lake road. Drive west along the road for approximately 16 km to the bridge over the University River. Follow the disused bush road on the north side of the river for approximately 1.5 km to the site.
1980-83: International Corona - airborne geophysics, soil survey, mapping, ground geophysics. 1989-90: Corona Corporation - soil survey, sampling, stripping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Corbiere-14 | 42C06SE0002 | 42C06SE0002 |
| WPABOTOSSAWAY29 | 20000018787 | 20000018787 |
| Keating-0018 | 42C06SE0036 | 42C06SE0036 |
| Keating-0017 | 42C07SW0031 | 42C07SW0031 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Crystal Tuff | 1 | Crystal Tuff, Sheared | Host |
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| Intermediate Schist | 2 | Intermediate Metavolcanics | Host | |
| Gabbro | 3 | Gabbro | Sheared | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Narrow quartz veins are hosted within stongly sheared intermediate metavolcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong | Replacement | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best analysis was 3353 ppb Au from a narrow quartz veinlet. The host rock is barren.
Map - University River, Algoma and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2333 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Killins Township
Publication Number: OFM0219 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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