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| Record Name(s) | McDaid-Brown Discovery - 1983, Kabenung Property - 1983, Brown Vein - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Abbie Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 10' 51.42" Longitude: -85° 25' .63"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 617681.24 Northing: 5337624.1 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03NW
Point Location Description: Drill collar for DM K-5
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 30 km to the Farwell Creak area.
1983-84: Tundra Gold Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping, soil survey, 19 ddh (8187 ft). 1996-97: A. Everleigh - stripping, trenching, prospecting, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP-Abbie Lake.18 | 42C03NW2001 | 42C03NW2001 |
| WPABBIE LAKE.20 | ||
| WP-Abbie Lake.17 | 42C03NW2001 | 42C03NW2001 |
| ABBIE LAKE 19 | 42C03NW2002 | 42C03NW2002 |
| ABBIE LAKE 15 | 20000018777 | 20000018777 |
| ABBIE LAKE 16 | 42C03NW0010 | 42C03NW0010 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Tourmaline | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Sericite-Carbonate | Host | |
| Conglomerate | 3 | Conglomerate | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted by a series of five parallel narrow quartz veins and veinlets which are hosted at the sheared contact between mafic metavolcanic rocks and a conglomerate. The veins are hosted by a fuchsite-sericite schist.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Fuchsite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Surface sampling by Tundra returned an average value of 0.23 oz/t au over a 2 foot width and a length of 120 feet. The best assay from diamond drill core returned an assay of 0.49 oz/t Au over1.5 feet.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Replacement |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 36.5 | .6 |
Map - Operation Pukaskwa, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0541 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Operation Pukaskwa, University River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P0507 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
Folio - Abbie Lake area, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 42C/03NW
Publication Number: GDIF588 Date: 1997
Author: Wawa RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 101 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Pukaskwa River-University River area, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R153 Date: 1977
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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