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| Record Name(s) | Sylvanite Occurrence - 1942, Soroka Property - 1942, Dome DDH 83-6 - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: West
Latitude: 48° 20' 35.64" Longitude: -84° 1' 29.91"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 720436 Northing: 5358728.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SE
Point Location Description: collar for Dome DDH 83-6
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drive east from the northern terminus of highway 651 along the Renabie mine access road for approximatley 5 km. The vein is located on the south side of the road on former claim SSM 13825.
1942: Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. - property optioned from N. Soroka, trenching, sampling. 1960: Canadian Pacific Railway - mapping. 1974-75: Dome Exploration Canada Ltd. - airborne geophysics, 1 ddh (400 ft). 1982: Mattagami Lake Exploration Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1985: Tenoga Consultants Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1987: Conquest Yellowknife Resources Ltd. - DD-3-1822 ft. 2006-2008: Golden Chalice Resources Inc. - till sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP_West-3 | 42C08SE0608 | 42C08SE0608 |
| West-0011-D1 | 20000005070 | 20000005070 |
| Meath-0019-A1 | 42C08NE0028 | 42C08NE0028 |
| Stover-0027 | 42B05NW0112 | 42B05NW0112 |
| West-0010-C1 | 42C08NE0638 | 42C08NE0638 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Jul 22, 2013 (A Wilson) - The McKewen Lake Deformation Zone (MLDZ) is a 1.5 km wide, SE-trending zone of strongly deformed mafic to intermediate and felsic to intermediate metavolcani rocks, which can be traced from McKewen Lake souteastwards to the northwestern corner of Stover Township. Foliation trending 110 to120 is well developed both as a schistosity and also as tectonic layering. Although discrete 120 to 130 -trending ductile shear zones are common throughout the MLDZ, only a small number of shear zones greater than 1 m in width are observed.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Andesite-Dacite | Tuffaceous | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxide Ironstone | 2 | Oxide-Facies | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold and copper values are returned from narrow sulphide-rich zones within sheared tuffaceous metavolcanics.
| 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 22, 2013 (A Wilson) - Trench plans by Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. indicate that the best assay obtained was 0.06 oz/t Au over 1.2 m ($1.20 Au over 3.8 ft). The best assay obtained by Dome Exploration was 0.4 dwt/t Au over 4.6 feet in banded magnetite iron formation. Anomalous Cu (0.10% Cu) and Zn (0.15% Zn) over 5 feet were also obtained in iron formation. This hole was drilled in the vicinity of the original trenching completed by Sylvanite The best gold values from the 1987 diamond drilling program completed by Conquest Yellowknife ranged from 230 ppm Au over 1.8 ft in FGM-87-8 to a high of 411 ppb Au over 2.25 ft in FGM 87-9.
File - Resident Geologist files West-0015-A1
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Geological series, Missanabie area, West Township, formerly Township 46, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0945 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:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 139 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 331 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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: 200 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Riggs and West townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R174 Page: 50 Date: 1978
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - West Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF293 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
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:
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