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| Record Name(s) | Macallan Gold Zone - 2004, Smith Claims - 1939, Missanabie Gold Shore Occurrence - 1945 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Feb-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Riggs
Latitude: 48° 18' 48.63" Longitude: -84° 11' 37.1"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 708061 Northing: 5354953.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SE
Point Location Description: Pits and trenches on patented claim SSM 12159
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from Missanabie and then by overland traverse to the trenches.
1939-41: C. L. Smith and International Mining Company- stripping, pitting, 6 ddh (1000 ft). 1943: McIntyre Mines Ltd. - property visit. 1944: Toburn Gold Mines Ltd. - property visit. 1963: Algoma Steel - property visit. 1974: Umex - airborne geophysical survey. 1983: Missanabie Gold Shore Mines - prospecting, sampling. 1983: Hemgold Resources Inc. - airborne geophysical survey. 1987: Loydex Resources Inc. - ground geophysical surveys. 1987: Tenoga Consultants Inc. - airborne geophysical survey. 2004-09: Pele Mountain Resources Inc. - property acquisition, sampling, mapping, stripping. 2012: Prodigy Gold Incorporated - HLEM, VLF-EM.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.53179 | 20000007814 | 20000007814 |
| Riggs 0012E1/63.3770 | 42C08SE0664 | 42C08SE0664 |
| Riggs 0015/ 63A.573 | 42C09SW8855 | 42C09SW8855 |
| WP Riggs.12/ 2.10534 | 42C08SE0019 | 42C08SE0019 |
| WP Riggs.3/ 2.9943 | 42C08SE0656 | 42C08SE0656 |
| Riggs 0023A1/ OM83-7-P-210 / 2.12762 | 42C08SE0645 | 42C08SE0645 |
| Aguonie 0027A1 | 42C08SE0674 | 42C08SE0674 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Sep 23, 2016 (A Wilson) - The Dog Lake Deformation Zone (DLDZ) is located in the central part of Riggs and West townships, where it is defined by a 1.5 to 2.0 km wide southeast-trending zone of moderately to strongly strained rocks. The DLDZ is characterized by both ductile and brittle-ductile shear zones which occur in two dominant orientations 90-100 degrees and 110-120 degrees. Shear zones at these orientations within the mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks are defined by 1 to 50 m of chlorite-calcite and, rarely, chlorite-iron carbonate schists. Shear zones within feldspar and quartz-feldspar-porphyry intrusions are defined by quartz-sericite schist. Narrow NE and NW trending brittle and brittle-ductile shear zones are also observed with the DLDZ.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Feldspar | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Sheared | Host | |
| Sulphide Ironstone | 3 | Sulphide-Facies | Host | |
| Vein | 4 | Quartz | Host |
Sep 23, 2016 (A Wilson) - The trenches are cut across lean siliceous iron formation. This iron formation is associated with carbonatized mafic to intermediate metavolcanics and feldspar porphyry. Several horizons of iron formation are present and are separated by massive chloritic metavolcanics. The Macallan shear zone has been traced over a 500 m strike length with widths up to 10 m. A possible extension of the zone has been exposed by stripping and remains open along strike.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 23, 2016 (A Wilson) - Grab samples taken in 1939 from a series of pits on mining claim SSM 9347 range from traces of gold to $33.60 Au over 40 inches. Assays from the diamond drilling completed in 1941 returned gold values ranging from 0.01 oz./t Au to 1.54 oz./t Au. Grab samples collected by McIntyre Mine Ltd. returned values ranging from 0.02 oz./t Au to 1.87 oz./t Au. Grab samples collected in 1963 returned assays of $24.00 Au over 6 inches and $30.00 Au over 3.5 inches. The best assays from grab samples collected in 1983 returned assays of 0.096 oz./t Au and 0.181 oz./t Au. These assays were returned from iron formation and the metavolcanic host rocks. Grab samples collected by Pele in 2004 returned assays ranging from <1 g/t Au to >57 g/t Au, and 26 ppm Cu to 2.1% Cu. Grab samples collected by Pele Gold in 2004 returned values up to 57.7 g/t Au. Further sampling in 2009 returned values ranging from non-detect up to 12.6 g/t Au. Channel samples collected by Pele in 2009 returned values ranging from 1028 g/t gold over 2.65 m to 1.57 g/t gold over 1.88 m.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 1828 | 15 |
File - Resident Geologist file Riggs 0019A1
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Location:
Map - Geological series, Missanabie area, Riggs Township, formerly Township 47, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0944 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1974
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Riggs and West townships, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2353 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Township 47 [Riggs Township], District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M1946-02 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Riggs Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF292 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Township 47 [Riggs Township], Missinaibi area
Publication Number: ARV54-04 Page: 19 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 43 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Riggs and West townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R174 Page: 49 Date: 1978
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - The geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Missanabie-Renabie District of the Michipicoten greenstone belt, Wawa, Ontario
Publication Number: MP141.037 Page: 257-270 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B., Buck S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGP office
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 323 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 66 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 188 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - Pele Mountain Resources Inc.
Publication Number: clippings Date: 2004
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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