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| Record Name(s) | Paquette Group A.C. 774-77 - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Abotossaway
Latitude: 48° 15' 17.15" Longitude: -84° 37' 12.67"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 676641.87 Northing: 5347354.52 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C07SE
Point Location Description: Claims AC 774, 777 map 36b
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The former claims are most easily accessed by travelling by boat to the north end of the Magpie River Reservoir and then overland for a distance of approximately 2.5 km. The actual location of the veins is not precisely known.
1927: first described by Gledhill; no record of exploration history.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks are part of the third volcanic cycle in the Michpicoten greenstone belt. The rocks have been described as being weakly to moderated deformed. A narrow shear zone has been described along the margins of the quartz vein.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Mafic-Intermediate | Pillowed, Schist | Near |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Quartz-Feldspar | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The main vein is described as occupying a narrow shear zone within mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks. Quartz-feldspar porphyry sills/dikes have been mapped in the vicinity of the showing.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | .3 | 100 |
Book - Abotossaway Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM36B Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Goudreau gold area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM40E Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Goudreau-Lochalsh gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.002 Page: 71 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 106 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 76 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Precambrian Geology, Abotossaway Township
Publication Number: OFM0223 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: 243 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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