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| Record Name(s) | Worthington Bay Au-Cu - 1980, Worthington Bay No. 1 Occurrence - 1980, United Continental - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Apr-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Priske
Latitude: 48° 45' 41.5" Longitude: -87° 14' 30.39"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 482231.67 Northing: 5400974.76 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D14SE, 42D14SW
Point Location Description: Unknown
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located in Priske Township on the eastern shore of Worthington Bay (Lake Superior) approximately 5 km south-southeast of Schreiber. Access is available by 4x4 or quad-runner along the Worthington Bay road to the shroeline of Lake Superior. Easiest access may be gained by watercraft from Lake Superior or by walking along the shoreline.
1980: showing was discovered by OGS staff M. Carter’s mapping crew. Report said it didn’t appear that any exploration activity had happened in the area. 1982: Claim TB 656142 was staked by B. Ransbury. 1983: A 50% interest was transferred to United Continental Energy Corporation and 50% to Livingston Energy Corporation as part of a 161 claim group. A combined airborne geophysical (EM, VLF-EM, magnetometer) survey was conducted by Aerodat Ltd. The occurrence was sampled by H.D. McLeod.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.4384 | 42D14SE0067 | 42D14SE0067 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Carter (1981c) noted that gold and copper mineralization occurs in a narrow, northeast-trending shear zone in a hornblende syenitic to dioritic phase of the granitic Terrace Bay Batholith near its southwest margin. McLeod (1984) visited the site for United Continental Energy Corporation and observed a quartz vein 20 cm to 30 cm wide, in a narrow shear zone in granite. In addition a 2.5 to 5 cm sulphide stringer was observed hosted by granite. The quartz vein strikes N15 degrees E and was traced for approximately 180 m.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Hornblende Syenite/Diorite | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Granite | 3 | Shear | Host |
| 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 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - An assay of 0.03 oz/ton Au was returned from a grab sample taken by Carter (1981c). Twelve grab samples collected by McLeod (1984) assayed up to 0.05 oz/ton Au and 0.92 oz/ton Ag.
Jul 16, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Worthington Bay No. 1 showing occurs on the NW shore of Worthington Bay and was located by OGS staff around 1980 and consists of a 1.8 m wide by 12 m long shear zone trending N40E in pink hornblende syenitic rock, mineralized with massive chalcopyrite and pyrite. A grab sample of the mineralized material collected during the OGS survey yielded 0.03 opt Au and 1.90% Cu (Carter, 1988).
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Location: Thunder Bay RGP
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:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 423-424 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Terrace Bay area, west sheet, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: P2417 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of Schreiber-Terrace Bay area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: OFR5692 Page: 191-192 Date: 1988
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Schreiber area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM47J Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bartley M.W., Harcourt G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Schreiber-Duck Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARM30A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E., Tanton T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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