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| Record Name(s) | Canreos-Armistice Nickel - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-May-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Platinum
Township or Area: Riggs
Latitude: 48° 17' 4.66" Longitude: -84° 12' 4.62"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 707611.47 Northing: 5351722.81 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SE
Point Location Description: Channel sample in gabbro
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from Missanabie via Emily Bay.
1974: Umex: airborne geophysics. 1983: Hemgold Resources - airborne geophysics. 1985: Kingswood Exploration Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1987: Tenoga Consultants Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1989: Shelagh Resources/Belmoral Mines - mapping, sampling. 1991: J. Gerdes - prospecting.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Riggs.39/ OP91-298 | 20000018819 | 20000018819 |
| WP Bruyere.6 | 42C08SE8673 | 42C08SE8673 |
| Riggs-0019A1/2.6373 | 42C08SW0089 | 42C08SW0089 |
| Bruyere-0022 | 42C08SE0023 | 42C08SE0023 |
| Aguonie-0027A1 | 42C08SE0674 | 42C08SE0674 |
| WP Riggs.25 | 20000018816 | 20000018816 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Sep 24, 2016 (A Wilson) - The Emily Bay Deformation Zone (EBDZ) is located on the west side of Dog Lake in southern Riggs Township. The EBDZ is a 500 m wide, east-northeast trending zone of intense ductile shearing and weakly to strongly strained rocks. The EBDZ can be traced up to 4 km to the southwest of Dog Lake but cannot be traced to the eastern side of Dog Lake. The EBDZ is localized within massive to pillowed mafic metavolcanic rocks that are deformed to chlorite-calcite and chlorite-iron carbonate schists within several discrete ductile shear zones. These shear zones are NE-trending and vary in width from 1 m to greater than 30 m. A second set of narrow, brittle to ductile, NW-trending shear zones is observed in the vicinity of this showing.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonalite | 2 | Trondhjemite To Granodiorite | Near |
Sep 24, 2016 (A Wilson) - The showing is hosted by a medium to coarse-grained gabbro. This gabbro has been intruded by the trondhjemitic to granodioritic Albert Lake Stock. To the south the gabbro is in contact with mafic metavolcanic rocks. The gabbro may be interpreted as the centre of a massive flow.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Two grab samples collected from rusty gabbro returned assays of: 0.325% Ni, 243 ppm Pt; and 0.129% Ni, 34 ppm Pt. Channel samples taken by Shelagh Resources were unable to replicate the results. The best result from the channel sampling was 0.09% Ni.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Riggs and West townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R174 Page: 18-19 Date: 1978
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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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
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