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| Record Name(s) | Morrison No. 3 Iron Range - 1902, McAlpine Deposits - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Jul-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron, Sulphur/Pyrite
Township or Area: Aguonie
Latitude: 48° 16' 29.55" Longitude: -84° 27' 40.15"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 688371.39 Northing: 5349968.02 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SW
Point Location Description: Inclined water filled shaft
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Take the new Goudreau Road from Highway 516 (Dubreuilville Road) for a distance of approximately 20 km to the junction of the old Goudreau Road. Turn west and drive approximately 3 km to where the powerline meets the road. Park on the powerline and walk approximately 2 km along the powerline access road to where the powerline turns north towards the Magino Mine site. The shaft is located on the powerline right of way.
1902-03: Algoma Commercial Company - trenching. 1913-1920: Madoc Mining Company - trenching, 22 ddh (2891 ft), inclined shaft sunk to 230 feet, two levels established at 100 and 210 feet, fire destroyed auxiliary plant on the site and all work ceased in 1919. 1949-63: Algoma Ore Properties - 2 ddh (3952 ft), dip needle survey, EM survey, in 1960 6 ddh (897 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Aguonie-0013 | 42C08SW0283 | 42C08SW0283 |
| 63.3679, Aguonie-0017 | 42C08SW0503 | 42C08SW0503 |
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 iron formation near Goudreau has been subdivided into numerous individual segments which were once presumably a single iron formation that has been folded and faulted. The pyrite bodies near Goudreau average 30 feet in thickness, but locally may be 100 feet thick with pyrrhotite and magnetite composing up to 10% of the sulphide unit. The main difference between the iron formation exposed in the Goudreau area and that exposed north of Wawa is that the siderite in the carbonate facies at Wawa is replaced by calcite east of the town of Goudreau. The occurrence lies within the southern domain of the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone. This domain is located immediately south of the Maskinonge Lake sock and is composed of brittle to brittle-ductile high-strain zones.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Carbonate Ironstone | 1 | Carbonate Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Pillowed, Massive | Hanging Wall | |
| Intermediate Schist | 3 | Chlorite Schist | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The intermediate to felsic metavolcanics visible at the mine site are altered to chlorite schist and show the development of chloritoid porphyroblasts. No outcrops of iron formation are available for viewing. Early descriptions of the property indicate that their was a thick capping of gossan or boulders cemented with gossan in the vicinity. A few descriptions of trenches seem to indicate the presence of sulphide facies iron formation.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drill records of the Algoma Ore Company show that the iron composition ranges between 36% and 42% Fe.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Massive |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 1097 | 152 | 2750 MA | GOO VOL 1 |
Date: Jul 31, 2000
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: On the last visit to the site the area to the immediate east of the shaft was cleared and relatively free of debris. Several junked cars were on site. Four waste piles of massive sulphide ore are situated on the west side of the clearing and are well stabilized. There appears to be minor acid mine waste leaching into the swamp to the north east of the cleared area. The timbered, inclined shaft is completely water filled and is protected by a 1.5 metre high wire fence. There is no signage posted at the site and there is a small pile of wooden debris located south of and adjacent to the shaft. At present there is a single cleared outcrop of heavily carbonate altered chlorite schist showing the development of good chloritoid porphyroblasts.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrison No. 3 | 1938 | Unclassified | 1530000 | OFR5588 p. 81 | Iron 40 NA, Sulphur/Pyrite 31 NA |
Map - Precambrian Geology, Aguonie Township
Publication Number: OFM0217 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Aguonie Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF172 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM36B Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
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:
Publication - Michipicoten Iron Ranges; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 147
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 147 Page: 105, 109 Date: 1926
Author: Collins, W H; Quirke, T T; Thomson, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100849
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:
Part - Goudreau and Michipicoten gold areas, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV40-04.001 Page: 46-47 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 28 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 49-51 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 121 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Aguonie, Bird, Finan and Jacobson Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5588 Page: 80-82 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: 166 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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