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| Record Name(s) | Macleod Occurrence - 1938, T.26 R.26 Occurrence - 1938, Cradle Lake Occurrence - 1989, Ac 3553 & 3554 - 1940, Noranda Grid Bird 1-81 - 1981, Macleod (Michael Syndicate) - 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-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Bird
Latitude: 48° 15' 58.51" Longitude: -84° 23' 28.09"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 693598.4 Northing: 5349183.95 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SW
Point Location Description: Quartz veins on claim AC 3554
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The easiest access to the site is via ATV along a disused bush road trending south off of the Riggs Township access road.
1938: Michael Syndicate discovered the occurrence. 1938: Erie Canadian completed sampling. 1938: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines carried out a property examination, sampling, and 40 diamond drill holes. 1979- 1981: Noranda Exploration Company completed ground geophysical surveys, sampling, 5 diamond drill holes totaling 314 ft, airborne geophysical survey. 1983-85: Mascot Gold Mines carried out mapping, sampling, ground geophysical surveys, and stripping. 1987-88: Orequest Consultants carried out mapping and soil geochemistry. 1998-99: S. Sears completed sampling, till sampling .
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP_Bird-3 | 20000018798 | 20000018798 |
| BIRD 0017 | 42C08SW0842 | 42C08SW0842 |
| BIRD 0016 B1 | 42C08SW8678 | 42C08SW8678 |
| BIRD 0015 | 42C08SW0280 | 42C08SW0280 |
| AGUONIE 0034 | 42C08SW0239 | 42C08SW0239 |
| AGUONIE 0031 | 42C08SW0238 | 42C08SW0238 |
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
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Cradle Lakes Deformation Zone is at least 5 km in length and rouchly 1-2 km wide, but may be up to 10 km in total length. The CLDZ is subparallel to stratigraphy and occurs largely within fedlspar-crystal tuffs, which in many places are difficult to distinguish fromthe cradle Lakes stock, a feldspar porphyry intrusion adjacent to and partially within the CLDZ. The CLDZ contains a large, east-striking high stain zone that is up to 40 m wide and has been traced for several hundred metres along strike.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diorite | 2 | Diorite | Near | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Near | ||
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Quartz-Feldspar | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The log of a diamond drill hole completed by Hollinger in 1938 indcate that the host rock is dark green and contains a few opalescent phenocrysts. Gold values were obtained both from the host rock as well as from quartz stringers and veins within the intrusive. This log identifies the rock as granodiorite. The showing consists of a flat-lying quartz vein as well as a second flat-lying quartz vein located approximately 575 feet to the south of the first. The quartz veins generally occupy a sheared section of the diorite to granodioritic unit. The OGS has mapped the intrusive as a quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusion.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Channel samples collected by Hollinger in 1938 returned 1.34 oz/t Au over 22 inches. Erie Canadian sampled the showing and obtained values ranging from trace to $32.00. Channel samples collected by Mascot Gold Mines returned 0.116 oz/t Au over 1.12 m from the north trench, 0.235 oz/t Au over 0.32 m and 0.051 oz/t Au over 0.83 m. Both of the latter results were from the south trench. A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1988 returned an assay of 0.28 oz/t Au and 1.49% Cu. A grab sample collected by Sears in 1998 returned 33.16 g/t Au. Two 20kg samples from the vein returned a combined grade of 9.65 g/t Au.
May 07, 2019 (Sheree Hinz) - Gold mineralization occurs in quartz veins associated with a 085 degree-striking high-strain zone developed within diorite to quartz diorite rocks. The vein is reported to be 75 feet long, average 22 inches in width and have a shallow 20 degree dip to the north. The auriferous veins contain several percent chalcopyrite and are ribboned with chlorite and tourmaline.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The intrusive rocks adjacent to the vein system are altered to chlorite+iron carbonate+green mica schists.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Epithermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 21 | .76 | 10 | 85 | 66 |
Date: Aug 18, 2000
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: Two ductile high-strain zone orientations were observed to host alteration and quartz veins. An 080-085 degree dextral and an 040-045 degree sinistral high strain zones were observed. The 040 zone cross cuts the 080 zone. Outside these zones, the granodiorite exhibits a strong brittle fracture pattern.
File - Resident Geologist files WP Bird.02, WP Abotossaway-9
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bird Township
Publication Number: OFM0218 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 - 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:
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:
Folio - Bird Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF140 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Goudreau-Lochalsh area, Wawa gold camp
Publication Number: OFR5832 Page: 53 Date: 1992
Author: Heather K.B., Arias Z.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Goudreau-Lochalsh area
Publication Number: ARV49-03 Page: 47 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
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: 42 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: 125 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: 42 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 Page: 92-93 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
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: 42/C - 151 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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