Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Champagne Vein - 1989 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-18 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Camp Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 2' 54.36" Longitude: -85° 46' 59.65"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 590679.45 Northing: 5322399.39 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C04SW
Point Location Description: Trenches and stripped area south of Champagne Lake
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.
1983: H. V. White - airborne geophysics. 1983: Cotton Valley Resources Ltd. - airborne geophyscs. 1988-90: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - geochemstry, mapping, ground geophysics, trenching, 35 ddh. 1995: Mishibishu Gold Corporation - 5 ddh. 2002-03: Messina Minerals Inc. - property acquisition, prospecting, sampling. 2004: Windarra Minerals Ltd. - property optioned, prospecting.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 41N13NE-0014 | 42C04SE8880 | 42C04SE8880 |
| WP David Lakes.47 | 42C04SE2004 | 42C04SE2004 |
| WP David Lakes-13 | 42C04SE0027 | 42C04SE0027 |
| WP Camp Lake.4 | 42C04SW0001 | 42C04SW0001 |
| WP Camp Lake.2 | 42C04SE0014 | 42C04SE0014 |
| 42C04SW0012 | 42C04SE0302 | 42C04SE0302 |
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
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted by the Northern Zone of the East Pukaskwa Deforamtion Zone. This zone has a strike length of approximately 2.5 km and a width of 300m. The zone is centred along the contact between felsic metavolcanics to the nroth (hanging wall) and metasediments to the south (footwall). Clasts in conglomerates are hightly attentuated and commonly difficult to discern from matrix. Deformation and alteration, including green mica, are similar to the Mishibishu Deformation Zone suggesting that the northern zone of the EPDZ may be the western extension of the MDZ.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conglomerate | 2 | Near | ||
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Chlorite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Champagne Vein appears to be a folded quartz vein ranging from a few cm to 2.5 m in width, witht eh folding accounting for the better thicknesses. Gold mineralization accompanied by pyrite, aresenopyrite and rare chalcopyrite and galena is associated with crack and seal structures as well as streaks and thin layers of wall rock material. The gold is generally coarse grained.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Noranda Exploration determined that the vein had an average value of 0.47 oz/t Au over 4.9 ft. Grab samples collected by Noranda returned values up to 1.2 oz/t Au. Chip samples averaged 0.48 oz/t Au across 3.8 ft.Four of the five holes drilled by Mishibishu Gold Corp intersected the Champagne Vein with thicknesses from 0.3 ft to 5.05 ft. Assays ranged from 0.008 oz/t Au over 1 ft to 0.301 oz/t Au over 0.65 ft.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Epithermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 2100 | 1.5 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagne Vein | 1999 | Unclassified | 80000 | Messina Minerals Website May 2004 | Gold 15 Grams per Tonne |
File - Resident Geologist files WP David Lakes.35, WP David Lakes.39
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP
Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Pukaskwa River sheet
Publication Number: P3150 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:
Book - Newspaper - Mishibishu Resources - WRGO
Publication Number: Clippings Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
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:
Book - Newspaper - Noranda Explorations Ltd
Publication Number: Clippings Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
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:
Book - Newspaper - Caribbean Resources Ltd WRGO
Publication Number: Clippings Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
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:
Book - Newspaper - Exmar Resources Ltd - WRGO
Publication Number: Clippings Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, northwestern section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P2968 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 134 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology, structure and economic geology of the Mishibishu Lake area
Publication Number: OFR5774 Page: 115 Date: 1991
Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Reilly B.A., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Windarra Minerals Ltd.
Publication Number: Clippings Date: 2004
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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