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Record: MDI42C04NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wazgonna Zone - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Nov-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Pukaskwa River Area

Latitude: 48° 11' 42.7"    Longitude: -85° 33' 46.15"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 606800.97   Northing: 5338994.12    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C04NE

Point Location Description: Showing on former claim SSM 106128

Location Method: Based on Assessment

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



Exploration History

1988-89: Villeneuve Resources Ltd. - mapping, trenching, airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.12372 42C03NW0007 42C03NW0007
2.12671 42C03NW0006 42C03NW0006

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Sheared Tuff Host
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The zone consists of an altered, locally bleached intermediate tuff with an abundance of quartz stringers and veinlets.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay from a grab sample collected by Villeneuve Resources returned 0.022 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

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 304.8 300 80

References

Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2332 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, Pukaskwa River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P0506 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 - Mishibishu Lake area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49J Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Evans E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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