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Record: MDI42C08SW00020

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Archer-Crawford Occurrence - 1931, Boundary Lake Group - 1938, Clement Option - 1985, McKenzie/Old Cabin Lake - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Feb-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Jacobson

Latitude: 48° 17' 43.85"    Longitude: -84° 17' 14.61"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 701181.48   Northing: 5352702.85    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C08SW

Point Location Description: Trenches in NE corner of former SSM 7994

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The property is located approximately 100 km from the town of Wawa, east of the town of Dubreuilville. Access to the property is via highway 17 west, to highway 519 (Dubreuilville Road) and then via the Goudreau Road for approximately 24 km. From the Edwards Mine follow the Cawdron Lake Road east for approximately 13 km. Follow the creek north for about 500 m to Old Cabin Lake. The Archer Crawford occurrence is located approximately 500 m west of Old Cabin Lake.



Exploration History

1934: Archer and Crawford - stripping, trenching, sampling. 1937-38: W. McKenzie et al. - trenching and sampling. 1938: Erie Canadian Mines - sampling. 1966: Lange - airborne geophysical survey. 1969: J. Crone - ground geophysical survey. 1985: Lincoln Resources - ground geophysical survey, mapping. 1988: Kowkash Gold Corp./Tusk Minerals Inc. - ground geophysical surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Jacobson-0023-B1 42C08SW8740 42C08SW8740
Jacobson-0029 42C08SW0175 42C08SW0175
Jacobson-0064 42C08SW8743 42C08SW8743
Jacobson-0065 42C08SW0080 42C08SW0080
WP Jacobson-14 42C08SW0040 42C08SW0040
WP Jacobson-17 42C08SW0031 42C08SW0031
Jacobson-0017-B1 42C08SW0171 42C08SW0171

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2750 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Sheared Near
Vein 2 Host
Porphyry-unsubdivided 3 Sheared Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence in SSM 7994 is described as a mineralized quartz vein containing chlorite schist. Another showing in SSM 7995 is described as a quartz-tourmaline-carbonate vein.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assays obtained by Erie Canadian were $2.45 over 3 feet of quartz and $4.90 over 10 foot channel sample of porphyry. Samples assayed in 1937 returned values ranging from 0.03 oz/t Au to 0.70 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared
2 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 2       Structure Type: Shear

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown .9 180

References

Map - Goudreau gold area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM40E Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Moore E.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49G Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Bruce E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian geology, Jacobson Township

Publication Number: P3170 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1990

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Goodwin A.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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:


Folio - Jacobson Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: GDIF111 Date: 1997

Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - MNI FILE, 42C/8 AU 21

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location:


Part - The Michipicoten-Missinaibi area

Publication Number: ARV44-08.001 Page: 13-14  Date: 1997

Author: Burwash E.M.

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:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 213-214  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report

Publication Number: Robinson Page: 49  Date: 1983

Author: Robinson, D.

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


MonoMap - Geology of Aguonie, Bird, Finan and Jacobson Townships, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5588 Date: 1993

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Goudreau-Lochalsh gold area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV36-02.002 Page: 83  Date: 1998

Author: Gledhill T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 110  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: 140  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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