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| Record Name(s) | Vasey-Stenabough Occurrence - 1936 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Lizar
Latitude: 48° 49' 32.19" Longitude: -84° 33' 50.9"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 678779 Northing: 5410931 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42C15SE
Point Location Description: Trenches
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by forestry access road from highway 631.
1936: J. E. Stenabaugh: prospecting, trenching. 1937: Erie Canadian Gold Mines - property visit. 1983: Tundra Gold Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1975: Rio Tinto Canadian Explorations - ground geophysics. 1987: River Oaks Gold Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 2002-04: Teck Cominco Limited - airborne geophysics, mapping, MMI, ground geophysics. 2011: Rencore Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics, prospecting
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WT Lizar.29 / 2.29129 | 42C15SE2006 | 42C15SE2006 |
| WT Lizar.34 / 2.47520 | 20000006150 | 20000006150 |
| WT Lizar.35 / 2.49378 | 20000006825 | 20000006825 |
| WT Hawkins.1 /2.10254 | 42F01SE0007 | 42F01SE0007 |
| WT Lizar.27 / 2.27285 | 42C16SW2002 | 42C16SW2002 |
| Lizar 0030 / 2.5970 | 42C16NW0106 | 42C16NW0106 |
| Breckenridge 10 / 2.1707 | 42C16NE9001 | 42C16NE9001 |
| WT Lizar. 28 / 2.27988 | 42C16SW2003 | 42C16SW2003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Dayohessarah-Kabinakagami
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO Vol 1
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Porphyry | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Chlorite | Near |
May 23, 2014 (A Wilson) - The showing occurs within a narrow shear zone hosted by a quartz porphyry sill or dike. The porphyry is roughly 6 m wide and lies parallel to a granite porphyry outcropping roughly 9 m to the north. The porphyry intrudes chlorite schist. The quartz vein is described as consisting of narrow lenses from 50 to 150 feet in length.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
May 23, 2014 (A Wilson) - The best chip samples collected by Erie Canadian in 1937 returned assays of $5.20 Au over 1 ft 5 inches; $15.60 Au over 1 ft 9 inches and $4.00 Au over 2 ft. Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1972 returned assays of 0.02 oz/t Au and 0.04 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 91 | .3 | 55 |
File - Resident Geologist files Lizar 0016, Lizar 0028
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Kabinakagami Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2355 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Kabinakagami Lake area, Lipton and Lizar townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0812 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Lizar Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P2108 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Hornepayne sheet, districts of Algoma and Cochrane, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury mining divisions, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0476 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Oba area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM38C Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Maynard J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Notes on mineral occurrences, Hornepayne sheet map P.476, geological compilation series
Publication Number: MP020 Page: 14-15 Date: 1968
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kabinakagami Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R159 Page: 34-35 Date: 1977
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 257-258 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Kabinakagami Lake Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: OFR5787 Page: 50-51 Date: 1993
Author: Wilson A.C.
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: 228 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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