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| Record Name(s) | Bearpaw Lake Iron Range - 1952, Bearpaw Magnetite - 1954 |
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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-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver
Township or Area: Finan
Latitude: 48° 17' 57.63" Longitude: -84° 25' 5.09"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 691475.41 Northing: 5352794.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SW
Point Location Description: Bearpaw Creek claim SSM 1708
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is via an 18 km all-weather gravel road that turns off of highway 519 just west of the town of Dubreuilville. Dubreuilville is on highway 519, 44 km east of the junction of Highway 17 and 519. From the junctio of the old and new Goudreau Roads, drive east for approximately 2 km. The iron formation outcrops sporadically on the north side of Bearpaw Lake adjacent to the old Goudreau Road.
Pre 1930's: trenching. 1952: Jalore Mining Co. - dip needle survey. 1954: Algoma Ore Properties - 16 ddh (6434 ft). 1983: Canamax Resources Inc. - airborne geophysical survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| FINAN 0016 | 42C08SW0251 | 42C08SW0251 |
| FINAN 0014 | 42C08SW5020 | 42C08SW5020 |
| 63.3679, Aguonie-0017 | 42C08SW0503 | 42C08SW0503 |
| FINAN 0020 | 42C08SW0245 | 42C08SW0245 |
| FINAN 28A1 | 42C08SW0236 | 42C08SW0236 |
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 showing straddles the boundaries between the Northern and Southern Domains of the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone. The GLDZ is up to 4.5 km in width and strikes in a gentle sigmoid-form for at least 30 km, subparallel to the stratigraphy and the regional foliation. In the immediate Goudreau-Lochalsh area, the GLDZ is coincident with a major contact between Cycle 2 and Cycle 3 volcanics. There is a strong structural control of the gold-bearing quartz veins systems within each of the 070-075 striking high-strain zones within the deformation zone. The showing lies more within the Southern Domain which is composed of a ductile-brittle zone of subparallel, dextral oblique-slip high strain zones developed within strongly altered and deformed, felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulplhide-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Crystal Tuff | 2 | Quartz Eye Crystal Tuff | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron range is a typical Michipicotentgype iron range but with minor carbonate. The range occurs at the stratigraphic top of cyclye one intermediate to felsic metavolcanics and at the bottom of cycle tow intermediate to mafic metavolcanics. To the east the Bearpaw correlates with unnamed, geophysically inferred iron formation. To the north the range likely was originally connected to the Morrison No. 1 Iron Range, but faulting now separates the two iron ranges. The Bearpaw Lake iron range probably represents a thickened section due to tight folding.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Siderite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Assays of drill core from the BearPaw (BP-9) returned values of 0.322 oz/t Au, 31.7 ppm silver, 12440 ppm Cu, 9 ppm Pb and 27 ppm 27 over an undisclosed length. The iron content of the Bearpaw indicates 27.66 -40.94% Fe, 3.41-11.68% Si, 2.00 - 36.22% S, 0.49 - 2.9% Mn, 3.81-15.79% Ca.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown |
Map - Missinaibi area, Algoma District, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 2050 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1926
Author: Collins, W H; Thomson, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108179
Book - EXPL RPT - FINAN 0014 - WRGO
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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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
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Book - EXPL RPT - FINAN 0016 - WRGO
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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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
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Book - EXPL RPT - FINAN 0017 - WRGO
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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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
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Book - EXPL RPT - FINAN 0020 - WRGO
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Map - Precambrian geology, Finan Township
Publication Number: P3168 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1990
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - EXPL RPT - FINAN 0028-A1 - WRGO
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Book - EXPL RPT - FINAN 0043 - WRGO
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Book - EXPL RPT - FINAN 0044 - WRGO
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Folio - Finan Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF139 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 18 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 92 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 188-189 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of Aguonie, Bird, Finan and Jacobson Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5588 Page: 99-100 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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: 142 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Folio - Finan Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF139 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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