Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Mileage 59.5 CPR Showing - 1963, Loydex Resources Project 23 - 1992 |
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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-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: West
Latitude: 48° 19' 35.45" Longitude: -84° 6' 17.79"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 714581.54 Northing: 5356642.8 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SE
Point Location Description: Stripped area on north side of railway
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by boat from Missanabie to Sixty One Bay and then traversing south east along the railway tracks for approximately 500m.
Circa 1900: report of elevated gold values from a rusty zone. 1971: Ontario Syndicate - airborne geophysics. 1984: Cyr et al. - airborne geophysics. 1987: Tenoga Consultants Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1988-89: Asarco Exploration Company Ltd. - ground geophysics, soil survey. 1992-93: Loydex Resources Inc. - prospecting, mapping, sampling, outcrop washing.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Riggs.38 / OP93-002 | 42C08SE0013 | 42C08SE0013 |
| WP West.8 /2.15371 | 42C08SE0001 | 42C08SE0001 |
| Bruyere 0012 /2.549 | 42C08NE0052 | 42C08NE0052 |
| WP Riggs.12 / 2.11094 | 42C08SE8673 | 42C08SE8673 |
| WP Riggs.38 / OP92-002 | 42C08SE0012 | 42C08SE0012 |
| WP West.5 / 2.11655 | 42C08SE0602 | 42C08SE0602 |
| Finan-0036 | 42C08NE0044 | 42C08NE0044 |
| WP West.4 / 2.12873 | 42C08SE0601 | 42C08SE0601 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Jul 24, 2013 (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 | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphide Ironstone | 2 | Sulphide-Facies | Host |
Jul 24, 2013 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values are returned from sulphide rich zones in sheared and contorted intermediate metavolcanics. The showing is adjacent to the Meath Lake Fault.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 24, 2013 (A Wilson) - Gold values from a variety of rock types in the vicinity of the showing typically ranged from 5 ppb Au to 153 ppb Au. The best assay came from a sulphide rich zone where a sample of siliceous porphyry assayed 0.368 oz/t Au. The best assays from the 1993 sampling returned 3429 ppb Au from a quartz vein in intermediate to felsic metavolcanics; 4594 ppb Au from a felsic tuff.
Folio - West Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF293 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
MonoMap - Geology of Riggs and West townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R174 Page: 37-40 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:
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: 187 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 332 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: 140 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
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 - 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 - 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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