Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Sprout Vein - 1989 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2001-Aug-21 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Groseilliers
Latitude: 48° 0' 27.2" Longitude: -85° 16' 39.94"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 628450.52 Northing: 5318574.96 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03SW
Point Location Description: Outcrop at L82+50N, 17+20E on HSK grid
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.
1988-90: HSK Minerals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, prospecting, stream sediment geochemistry, stripping, channel sampling, 1990: Queenston Mining Inc. - 13 ddh (393.8 m).
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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WP Groseilliers-11 | 42C03SW0300 | 42C03SW0300 |
WP Groseilliers-14 | 42C03SW0304 | 42C03SW0304 |
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Foliated | Near |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Initial grab samples from the vein returned values up to 0.78 oz/t Au. The best results from the channel samples returned an assay of 0.3 oz/t Au. The gold values are associated with anomalous W values.
Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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Regular | 850 | 5 |
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
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Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Point Isacor sheet
Publication Number: P3156 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
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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
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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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