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| Record Name(s) | E. S. Cascaden Claims - 1922, Pinny Lake -1 - 1985, Claim SSM2341 - 1923, J. Aitken Claims - 1919 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Zinc
Township or Area: Meath
Latitude: 48° 22' 9.43" Longitude: -84° 8' 1.58"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 712267 Northing: 5361316 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SE
Point Location Description: pit on SSM 2341
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via boat from Dog Lake and then by overland traverse of approximately 600 m from the Dog River.
1919-26: E.S. Cascaden: property staked and brought to patent; trenching, pitting. 1960: Canadian Pacific Railway - mapping. 1962: Algoma Central Railway - mapping. 1992: J. Barry - prospecting, mapping, sampling. 1996: Falconbridge Ltd. - mapping, sampling, ground geophysics. 2007: Chalice Diamond Corp. - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Meath.20 / 2.34531 | 20000002017 | 20000002017 |
| Meath-0012B1 | 42C08SE0575 | 42C08SE0575 |
| Meath-0018A1 | 42C08NE0039 | 42C08NE0039 |
| WP Meath.7 / OP92-787 | 42C08NE0022 | 42C08NE0022 |
| Meath-0010E1 / 63A.482Q | 42C08NE0037 | 42C08NE0037 |
| WP Rennie.12 / 2.18710 | 42B05NW2004 | 42B05NW2004 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Jul 24, 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 metavolcanic rocks, which can be traced from McKewen Lake in the northern part of West Township, southeastwards to the northwestern corner of Stover Township. Discrete 120-130º trending ductile shear zones are common throughout the MLDZ, but only a small number of shear zones are greater than 1 m.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate flow breccia | 1 | Dacitic | Brecciated | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host | |
| Sulphide Ironstone | 3 | Sulphide-Facies | Adjacent | |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 4 | Adjacent |
Jul 24, 2013 (A Wilson) - The property is underlain by intermediate tuffs and breccias. A quartz vein ranges between 4 inches and 30 inches in width and extends for 100 feet along a N60W strike. Diamond drilling to the west of the property by Mattagami Lake Explorations in 1982 intersected approximately 3 m of oxide and sulphide facies iron formation which contained pyrrhotite. The Cascaden occurrence may be the surface expression of this iron formation.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Jul 24, 2013 (A Wilson) - The wall rocks along the vein are slightly silicified and carry minor disseminated pyrite. Narrow seams of white carbonate along joints and fractures carry minor disseminated pyrrhotite and traces of pyrite, galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite. Grab samples collected by J. Barry in 1992 returned values of 724 ppb Au and 3050 ppb. Two samples collected from the feldspar porphyry returned only background gold values.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Disseminated |
| 1 | Vein |
Folio - Meath Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
MonoMap - Geology of Glasgow, Meath, and Rennie townships, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: R090 Page: 41 Date: 1971
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 101 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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: 195 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: 280 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Glasgow, Meath, and Rennie townships, Algoma and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2210 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Lochalsh-Missinaibi area, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44C Scale: 1:95,040 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Meath Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0403 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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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