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Record: MDI42C03SW00068

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West of Marten Zone - 2004
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2005-Jan-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Mishibishu Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 1' 52.94"    Longitude: -85° 24' 24.54"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 618770.61   Northing: 5321014.89    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C03SW

Point Location Description: Grab sample

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The property is accessible via the Eagle River Mine Road. This site is located approximatley 35 to 45 km south on the Eagle River Mine road and then overland by a skidder road and ATV trails.



Exploration History

2004: Murgor Resources Inc. - sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Mishibishu Lake.66 42C03SW2012 42C03SW2012

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Mishibishu Lake

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Sheared Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Sheared Hanging Wall
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Sheared Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Gold mineralization occurs along the contact between volcanic and sedimentary rocks. This silica-altered, sulphide-bearing shear zone contains quartz veins.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ArsenopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples have returned values as high as 2.8 g/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Shear

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular 225 7 90

References

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

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Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Michipicoten Sheet

Publication Number: M2669 Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 2002

Author: Johns G.W., McIlraith S.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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