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Record: MDI42C03SW00038

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mg - Rally Vein - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Aug-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-12
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Groseilliers

Latitude: 48° 0' 22.1"    Longitude: -85° 15' 30.12"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 629900.52   Northing: 5318449.94    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C03SW

Point Location Description: Veins near west shore of swampy pond

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.



Exploration History

1983: MacMillan Energy - airborne geophysics. 1988: HSK Minerals Ltd. - prospecting, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
0015 42C03SE0013 42C03SE0013
42C03NW0017 42C03NW0025 42C03NW0025
2.13314 42C03SW9096 42C03SW9096

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.9 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1, P 494



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Chlorite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of narrow quartz veins within sheared mafic metavolcanics. The viens are glassy, blue-grey in colour and have no visible sulphides.




Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from three parallel veins returned an assay of 0.036 oz/t Au. The Rally Vein, located 200 m east returned elevated, but low gold values.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular 331 1.5 90 40

References

Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Dog Harbour sheet

Publication Number: P3157 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:


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:


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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