Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Feather Creek Showing - 1987, MacAdam Sample 5540 - 1987 |
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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-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Lead, Gold, Silver
Township or Area: St. Germain
Latitude: 48° 1' 59.49" Longitude: -85° 18' 47.64"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 625742.68 Northing: 5321365.76 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03SW
Point Location Description: Trench at junction between Feather Creek and a side tributary
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from the town of Wawa.
1983: MacMillan Energy Corp. - airborne geophysics. 1987-88: Flanagan McAdam and Company - mapping, sampling, airbone geophysics, ground geophysics, trenching, 4 ddh (911 ft). 1997: Mishibishu Gold Corporation and MacMillan Gold Corp. - soil geochemistry, trenching.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Mishibishu Lake.48 | 42C03SW0024 | 42C03SW0024 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.11 | 42C03SW0069 | 42C03SW0069 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.52 | 42C03SW0047 | 42C03SW0047 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.36 | 42C03SW0029 | 42C03SW0029 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.29 | 42C03SW0058 | 42C03SW0058 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.24 | 42C03SW0001 | 42C03SW0001 |
| WP Mishibishu Lake.14 | 42C03SW0008 | 42C03SW0008 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Mishibishu Lake
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1 P. 484
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Greywacke | Near | |
| Quartz Monzonite | 3 | Quartz Monzonite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of a north-striking, east-dipping, 2 ft wide quartz vein lying at the contact between a quartz monzonite and greywacke.
| 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 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 27, 2016 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Flanagan-Macadam i n 1987 returned 0.06 oz/t Au. Chip sampling returned values of 0.034 oz/t Au, 0.088 oz/t Au and 0.210 oz/t Au. A sample collected from a trench returned an assay of 2.33 oz/t Au and 4 oz/t Ag. Elevated lead values are found at the south end of the vein where grab samples returned 19800 ppm Pb, 132 ppm Ag and 1.429 oz/t Au; and 13500 ppm Pb, 149 ppm Ag and 2.33 oz/t Au. Diamond drilling completed by Muscocho intersected 0.38 g/t Au over1 m, 0.994 g/t Au over 1 m. A sample taken over a width of 1 ft in the hanging wall returned an assay of 0.706 oz/t Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 24.4 | .5 | 180 |
Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Mishibishu Lake sheet
Publication Number: P3152 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1992
Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Heather K.B., Logothetis J., Reilly B.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - St. Germain Township, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 42C/03S
Publication Number: GDIF591 Date: 1997
Author: Wawa RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, northeastern section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P2970 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 326 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 - 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:
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