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| Record Name(s) | Aguasabon River No. 2 Occurrence - 9999, Terrace Bay Cove - 1991, Terrace Bay Gold Mining Company - 9999, Black River Occurrence - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver, Fluorite
Township or Area: Strey
Latitude: 48° 46' 24.31" Longitude: -87° 6' 58.84"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 491451.73 Northing: 5402274.95 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D14SE
Point Location Description: Quartz vein near the mouth of the Aguasabon River.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Mineral Location No. 1 about 1 km southwest of Terrace Bay near the mouth of the Aguasabon River. The occurrence is located in Strey Township (claim map G 633). Access is via the Beach Road south from Terrace Bay to the mouth of the Aguasabon River.
1909: Collins investigated the area for the Geological Survey of Canada. 1920: Tanton investigated the area for the Geological Survey of Canada. 1931: Hopkins mapped the area for the Ontario Department of Mines. 1938: Harcourt remapped the area for the Ontario Department of Mines. No assessment reports have been filed on the area.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The general geology consists of granitic rocks of the Terrace Bay batholith, chiefly composed of hornblende granodiorite. The granitic rocks are intruded by numerous mafic dikes. Molybdenite and chalcopyrite are found in a 109 cm quartz vein in a hornblende granite near the mouth of the Aguasabon River. The occurrence is described by Scott (1977) as: Chalcopyrite and molybdenite occur in narrow (7-13 cm), 61 m long quartz veins cutting a severely deformed grey to pink, medium grained, hornblende quartz syenite. The outcrop area is cut by at least two fault zones of moderate proportions. One strikes approximately 125 degrees and the above mentioned barite fluorite vein occurs in it. The second zone strikes north. Fault displacement on the first is not known. Displacement along the second fault is in the order of feet. The quartz veins and a small diabase dyke are offset by this amount. No mineralization was seen in the host rock. The quartz veins strike southwest and dip to the north. Deformation of the syenite is manifested by the kneaded appearance of the rock, the drag folding as evidence by the foliation planes and numerous small faults and offsets that give the outcrop a blocky appearance. Rock in the fault place property has been completely floured and hematized in places.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Hornblende Granodiorite | Near |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Near | |
| Granite | 3 | Hornblende Granite | Host | |
| Quartz Syenite | 4 | Quartz-Syenite | Host | |
| Vein | 5 | Barite-Fluorite | Host | |
| Vein | 6 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The hornblende quartz syenite is severely deformed, grey to pink, and medium grained.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Fluorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Barite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Veins | ||
| Hematite | Alteration | Hematization | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Fluorite | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 3 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Barite | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 4 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Scott (1977) reports the following assays: Material was collected every 15' along the largest vein for a distance of 175' and this constituted the sample sent for assay. Assay results are: Mo: 0.30%, Cu: 0.64%, Au: 0.01 oz./ton, Ag: trace.
Date: Feb 17, 1997
Geologist: B Nelson
Notes: Resident Geologist personnel visited the occurrence in July of 1977.
Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Nipigon-Schreiber District, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1920, pt. D
Publication Number: GSC SR 1920-D Date: 1921
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103634
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Terrace Bay area, east sheet, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: P2418 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Schreiber-Duck Lake area
Publication Number: ARV30-04.001 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 335-337 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Report on the Region Lying North of Lake Superior Between the Pic and Nipigon Rivers, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report no. 1081
Publication Number: GSC SepRep 1081 Date: 1909
Author: Collins, W.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/225805
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