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| Record Name(s) | Granges DDH M-55 - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Dec-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Mishibishu Lake Area, Abbie Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 7' 28.71" Longitude: -85° 27' 51.61"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 614275.89 Northing: 5331294.23 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar for Macmillan Energy/Granges drill hole M-55
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 43 km to the Granges (Mishi Option) road. The drill collars are in a swamp north of the main stripped area.
1981-88: Macmillan Energy/Granges Exploration - airborne geophysics, soil sampling, trenching, 208 ddh (58, 312 ft), stripping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP-Abbie Lake-2 | 42C03NW0030 | 42C03NW0030 |
| WP-Abbie Lake-1 | 42C03NW0012 | 42C03NW0012 |
| Groseilliers-0015 | 42C03SE0013 | 42C03SE0013 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Mishibishu Lake
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2673 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Tuff, Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Quartz-Feldspar | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted within a sheared chloritic, lithic tuff. Mineralized quartz veinlets are commonly found parallel to the schistocity.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Weak | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Samples of chloritic schist and quartz-feldspar porphyry sills routinely return assays of 0.02 g/t Au.
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:
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:
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 - 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:
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