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| Record Name(s) | McVeigh Creek Occurrence - 1987, J. Lajoie Claims - 1993 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Jul-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | A Wilson |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Aguonie
Latitude: 48° 16' 25.28" Longitude: -84° 31' 4.65"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 684161.31 Northing: 5349698.15 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C07SE
Point Location Description: East end of Faldo stripping
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The McVeigh Creek property lies in the northwest corner of Aguonie Township. Access to thearea is via series of old logging roads that connect with the main gravel surfaced road that connects Goudreau withe the Magino Mine in Finan Township.
1979 -82: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - mapping, trenching, ground geophysics, 5 x-ray ddh. 1987: Faldo Mines and Energy Corporation - mapping, stripping, humus sampling, sampling. 1988: Orequest Resources - mapping, B-horizon geochemical survey. 1989-90: Corona Corporation - mapping, prospecting, stripping, VLF-EM survey, 4 ddh (378 m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| AGUONIE 0026 A1 | 42C08SW8693 | 42C08SW8693 |
| AGUONIE 0028 | 42C07SE0013 | 42C07SE0013 |
| WP AGUONIE.1 | 42C07SE0508 | 42C07SE0508 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the southern domain of the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone. The southern domain is composed of a 70 degree striking, ductile-brittle zone of subparallel, dextral oblique-slip high strain zones developed within strongly altered and deformed felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks. The southern domain is roughly 8 km long by 2 km wide. The 'Goudreau Shear' is the dominant structural feature of this domain and it hosts the Magino Mine, Lochalsh Zone and the Island Zone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Pillowed | Near | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Quartz Feldspar | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The sulphide and carbonate facies iron formation lies on the transition between felsic to intermediate and mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks. The chert-argillite-sulphide iron formation varies in width from one metre to 20 metres in width. The argillite is typicaly sheared to chlorite schist and contacts with the mafic metavolcanics are gradational. Quartz pods and veins form up to 20% of the sulphide facies iron formation. Gold values are associated with these quartz phases. Quartz-tourmaline veins are found associated with the margins of quartz-feldspar porphry dikes/sills.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples of the iron formation collected by Faldo Mines ranged up to 4.8 g/t Au. Samples of diamond drill core drilled by Corona in the same vicinity returned vales of 5.1 g/t Au over 0.5 m.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 40 | 280 |
Map - Precambrian Geology, Aguonie Township
Publication Number: OFM0217 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
MonoMap - Geology of Aguonie, Bird, Finan and Jacobson Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5588 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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